Heros journey

Shrek
1. Ordinary world: the main protagonist Shrek is an ogre who minds his own business in
his swamp. Not getting in the way of anyone. But has fun scaring the local village
that is situated around.
2. Call to adventure: finds that the fairy kingdom of all the creatures that are not
needed have been kicked out of the castle or sold on by orders of lord Farquaad.
Who whats to take full control of everyone and everything. Shrek travels with his
companion Donkey to the lords castle. Which he then orders him to find the
princess.
3. Refusal of the call: He doesnt want to do it and fights off all the guards. The lord has
a hold on him and tells if he does this quest he can have his beloved swamp back to
himself.
4. Crossing the first threshold: Travels with donkey to rescue the princess from the
tower.
5. Belly of the whale: He finds the princess Fiona asleep in her tower and has his noble
steed (donkey) fight the dragon. While Shrek doges danger, but then finds himself
saving both the princess and donkey from the dragon.
6. Meeting with the goddess: final meet Fiona properly after they get away. She then
finds out that he is an ogre just doing the dirty work for someone else.
7. Apotheosis: learns that he is falling in love with this (woman) who is just like him.
8. Ultimate boom: over hears a conversation between donkey and Fiona that she is in
love with lord Farquaad, and that she must break the cures that has be put upon her.
9. Refusal of the return: he gets Lord Farquaad to pick Fiona up. To then return to his
swamp unhappy. He learns that from what donkey and she were saying that she
does love Shrek and only wants to marry lord Farquaad to break the cures to live
happy ever after.
10. The magic flight: Shrek travels to the kingdom to pronounce his love to Fiona beast
or not.
11. Rescues from without: they kiss and she transforms from this beautiful woman to
then becoming an ogre just like him. He loves here no matter what. Lord farquaad is
not happy and orders the guards to kill them. He them gets eating by donkeys new
lover, dragon.
12. Master of two worlds. Fiona once a princess locked in a tower is now an ogre living in
a swamp.
13. Freedom to live: Fiona has now become the curse and shrek has final found love
with another ogre.