The film portrays males as stubborn and closed minded. But they should be open to ideas and other opinions. In the film, the examples can be found by most masculine characters. One of the male character that showed this was Shrek. This protagonist falls in love with Fionna, and later he overhears Fiona and Donkey talk about how awful it is to be an ogre. Shrek misunderstood what Fiona was trying to say and was stubborn about what he heard and didn’t listen to Donkey when he tried to explain to him. Later he realizes that he misunderstood and resus Fiona from Lord Farquaad. Shrek also shown stubbornness when he first met Donkey. Shrek finds Donkey annoying and Pain in the butt. Shrek tells Donkey to get out of his house and also judges doney.