the historical analysis and interpretive study of symbols or images and their contextual significance; iconography. 2. the study of icons or symbolic representations. Origin of iconology. 1720-1730.
Shrek may well be a work of fiction, but the common consensus suggests that the pug-eared and pug-ugly hero was based on a real person. A famous wrestler, to be precise, who was once known as the âThe Angel.â.
âDescription of Shrek. Shrek is the titular protagonist of the book and the Shrek movies. The name Shrek is derived from the German word, Schreck, and the Yiddish word, both meaning fright or terror.