Whether or not Shrek will fall in love with the princess - thanks to Donkey's matchmaking - if the princess doesn't make a big transformation at night, how can she fall in love with Shrek? ?
Shrek was also very concerned about his appearance. Rejected by others, he closes himself, preferring to consider himself an isolated monster, but is filled with loneliness and cynicism. He thinks highly of himself, so the compliments of the donkey, the arrival of the fairy tale characters do not make him happy, because he thinks he is far superior to them.
On the full moon night after rescuing the princess, Shrek confided his heart to the donkey, telling the pain of being despised by others, which moved the princess, because the princess could understand the pain of the monster. Since the princess was also a half monster, she put herself in a similar position to Shrek. In fact, she doesn't hate ugliness. Although she yearns for beauty, ugliness does not make her feel psychologically uncomfortable. The princess fell in love with Shrek. This love is mingled with pity and gratitude.
Paradoxically, Shrek fell in love with the princess because of her beauty. Imagine how the plot would develop if the monster princess was imprisoned in the tower. This script breaks the traditional pattern of the prince saving the princess, and its premise is that neither the prince nor the princess is "qualified". Beauty always means attraction, hope, light, etc., always giving a sense of completeness. If the story unfolded in Shrek No. 1 and Shrek No. 2 from the very beginning, it is estimated that there would be no audience.
But at the end of the story, the writers made the two sides more equal, which seemed to restore the balance of the universe. Beauty and ugliness cannot be juxtaposed. Beauty must be exchanged with other things, such as power, money, and status, in order to meet the principle of equality. Beauty is a scarce resource with great market value. Men are ugly, so they yearn for beauty more; women are more beautiful, so they yearn for other things...
This reality is cruel, and the inequality between beauty and ugliness cannot be overcome. Human beings are extremely sensitive to beauty. Although there are differences in the standards of beauty, beauty and ugliness cannot be confused basically. If one day cosmetic surgery develops greatly, people can fiddle with it as they please. I wonder if it will be shaped into a mold, or "change faces" with fashion? It is quite fun to think about the troubles and joys of that kind of society.
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