ipl-logo

Emotions In The Princess Bride By William Goldman

550 Words3 Pages

For this essay my book is the Princess Bride by William Goldman. This book is a fantasy, fairy tale, with some humor mixed in to keep things light when the books has dark elements. The two Countries Florin and Guilder are on the verge of war and the prince needs to marry before he can take the throne and his father is dying. The princess of Florin has no hair so the prince refuses to marry her so they take him to a reluctant buttercup. She won't marry him until he says he is going to kill her, she promises him that she will never love him because she loves another, he seems quite happy about that. Emotions are the main theme of this book and in the following paragraphs I will tell you why. The main Character is Buttercup, and she is full of emotions and doesn't think things out very well. She thinks like a lustful teenager most of the time. In the beginning of the book she can not stop thinking about how beautiful Westley is and when she tells him how she feels she doesn't give him a chance to respond back. Instead she runs off making him chase after her. She thinks and acts rashly not thinking at all about the consequences. …show more content…

Everything you believe changes what your actions are. For instance if you believe that trump is a bad president you go on protests and those can turn ugly fast. In Buttercups instance she jumps off a boat into shark infested waters because she doesn't want to die when they tell her they were going to kill her. She jumped out and could have died then by getting eaten by a

Show More
Related
502 Words | 3 Pages

The Cellar by Natasha Preston is about 16 year old girl named Summer who is the main character in the story. In Summer’s small town where there is no excitement ,something finally happens and it involves Summer. On one night Summer was kidnapped and was took to a cellar and to her surprise she isn’t the only one. Along with three other girls named Rose,Poppy,and Violet, who have been down in the cellar. All four of the girls know one thing they have to survive and that is to stay alive.

Read More
570 Words | 3 Pages

Hoot Compare and Contrast Essay While Roy was chasing Mullet Fingers in the movie and the book Roy gets hit by a golf ball once. In the book and the movie, Roy, Beatrice, Mullet Fingers, Officer Delinko, Curly, Kimberly Lou Dixon, Chuck E. Muckle, and Dana Matherson are still the same characters. Dana Matherson is still bullying Roy. Roy punched Dana in the nose in the book and the movie.

Read More
674 Words | 3 Pages

In this Quote the author explains how she feels about the story she

Read More
710 Words | 3 Pages

The fantasy is about Buttercup, a milkmaid, and Westley, a farm boy, who fall in love and have to face many obstacles. The story mainly develops the themes of true love and revenge. However, in the book, The Princess Bride by William Goldman, the story develops the theme of revenge and true love in more depth compared to the movie. First of all, the book provides a detailed past of each main character which makes the reader sympathize with them. For example, in the book, the author has dedicated four to five pages to understand Inigo’s and Fezzik’s past.

Read More
442 Words | 2 Pages

First of all, The Princess Bride is a movie about love, vengeance, and companionship. The story focuses on a farm girl, Buttercup, who has been chosen as the prince's bride to Prince Humperdinck. However, Buttercup does not love him, as she mourns the death of her one true love, Westley. She is later on kidnapped by a band of bandits: Vizzini, Fezzik, and Montoya. However, they are chased by Dread Pirate Roberts himself, aka Westley and attempts to rescue Buttercup.

Read More
953 Words | 4 Pages

Kate DiCamillo’s novel, Because of Winn-Dixie, is a story of never judging a book by its cover, love, and newfound friendships through the adventures of Opal and Winn-Dixie. I chose to write my essay on Because of Winn-Dixie because it is an inspiring tale of a young girl who faces and overcomes every obstacle in her life through positivity and acceptance. The novel is relatable to people from all different backgrounds because everyone has a challenge in their life that they have had to face and Opal serves as a reminder to love everyone for who they are inside and not judge them for what they look like on the outside. Because of Winn-Dixie impressed me because of the unforeseen friendships Opal makes because of her resilience, kind heart,

Read More
1425 Words | 6 Pages

Everyone faces challenges sometime in their life, something that blocks them from moving forward in life. However, sometimes these challenges seem too hard, and that leads a person to give up on the reward offered at the end. These challenges differ from person to person, some people face challenges like physical disabilities, like Kayla Montgomery who has multiple sclerosis (MS). This disability makes her legs go numb when she pushes her herself too hard running. However, that does not stop her doing the thing she loves most, running.

Read More
718 Words | 3 Pages

This critical analysis will talk about the movie "The Princess Bride". The Princess Bride is a movie that narrates the love story of Buttercup, a girl from a big kingdom who had a employe called Westley, and Westley, a brave man who is employe of Buttercup and do what she tells him to do. Both of them were from a little village of a kingdom, were Buttercup and Westley fall in love, but like Westley didn 't have money for getting married with Buttercup, he makes a trip by boat. In this trip he is "captured" by a pirate called Robert. 5 years later, Buttercup becomes the fianceé of the prince, but she doesn 't like him; then she reunites with Westley and after some obstacles both of them end together. After talking about the movie, the text will tell how do the story showed the Middle Ages in the political, cultural, economic and social dimensions.

Read More
1321 Words | 6 Pages

The following essay will be about a few books that I have read over the course of my life. Of course not all of the books will be included, only the ones that stood out to me the most. The books I chose are Chicken Noodle Soup for the Teenage Soul, the Twilight series, 50 Shades of Grey, Perfect, Breaking Rules, Promise You Won’t Tell, and Unbreak Me. I chose these books because they either stood out to me or helped me through a hard time. Mostly because they are the only ones that kept my attention long enough.

Read More
111 Words | 1 Pages

My topic for this ISP will be Aldous Huxley 's comparison between truth and happiness in "Brave New World". In this novel, Huxley uses an abundance of oblivious characters to promote the act of consumption as an emotional equal to happiness. However, his character "Mond" to express that truth is in fact more important than happiness. Mond is complex because he cannot act on his argument as he is the world controller of the area in which the story takes place. At the same time, rebellious characters such as The Director 's son John or Bernard Marx are used to highlight an outsider 's view on World State, and how extensively the loyal

Read More
551 Words | 3 Pages

Most people have an interesting story about their past,learning about it lets you get to know the person better. I am interviewing my aunt, Ana Marie Lastimosa Macadangdang. I chose her because I wanted to know her experience about .In 1985 Ana was born and raised in Philippines. She lived with her father ,mother,and 6 sisters until her mother died from sickness.

Read More
681 Words | 3 Pages

The Story of Lanval and the Theme of Love Love is a powerful theme in many stories and shows what one will do for love. It is and emotion that is quite strong, and many will stop at nothing to seek love. Love knows no boundaries and it does not matter if you are rich, poor, old, or young, it will find a way to come into different people’s lives.

Read More
937 Words | 4 Pages

A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove The novel ‘A Bridge to Wiseman’s Cove’ by the author, James Maloney, is a story about the protagonist named Carl Matt, who faces many issues and tribulations as a teenager. The protagonist is left with the responsibility of his younger brother, while also managing insecurities of his own, regarding body image, love, and neglect. Maloney demonstrates the following themes, by using his protagonist as the victim of some of the modern issues facing today’s society. Throughout the novel, Maloney explores the ongoing issue of body image.

Read More
890 Words | 4 Pages

¨For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo¨. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a story of two lovers who take their life all because of a misunderstanding. However, who is to blame for their tragic demise? The parents who made the two lovers feel like outcasts must be to blame. The Capulets forced Juliet to marry Paris, the constant fighting made them want to keep the marriage secret, and made Romeo and Juliet to scared to say anything.

Read More
577 Words | 3 Pages

Students usually have to write a lot of essays to succeed in college. Instead of seeing each essay as an insurmountable burden, learn some tricks to make your essay easier to write. This article contains advice to help you create an essay that your professors will be pleased to read. 1) Choose a Powerful Thesis Statement Choosing a strong thesis statement is the trickiest part of good essay writing.

Read More

More about Emotions In The Princess Bride By William Goldman

Related Topics

Open Document