Medieval romance is not the classic, stereotypical romance everyone weeps at. This certain romance has a crucial theme, that not all romances have which is chivalry. Chivalry is a sense of five virtues benefice, purity, compassion, brotherly love, and good manners. But however in Shrek the movie, it is displayed in all sorts of different ways and it even makes fun of the romance as well. In medieval romance there is your typical hero going on a laborious adventure in search of something specific and that is important to him. In the movie, Shrek is considered the hero, but he is not the normal average hero so to speak. Medieval romance is known to have chivalry all throughout, but in Shrek this style is given a certain twist. Such as how the characters reverse the roles of medieval romance in this movie. The knights do not display any sort of respect for their people. …show more content…
Since Shrek loves being alone he really does not care about someone to love and to hold. In the end he has a different perspective of looking at love. Shrek makes a deal with Lord Farquaad to bring back Princess Fiona and return he gains his swamp back safe and sound. On this adventure he was not looking for love and he really did not want to go on this journey. Most heroes are known for their quest and doing it with no negotiations for his people or his love. But Shrek is doing this for is own satisfaction and peace until he actually meets Princess Fiona. Princess Fiona is a strong minded woman and Shrek starts developing feelings for her. He becomes a little insecure because he is not the average hero. Shrek is not handsome and he thinks Princess Fiona agrees. What he does not know is, Fiona is not the normal princess either. She is under a spell in which she becomes an ugly ogre at night. Eventually love finds a way in medieval romances and the two, Shrek and Princess Fiona realize they belong