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Princess Bride Themes

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A Love of Criminals The Princess Bride is a fantastic fairy-tale film directed by Rob Reiner in 1987. The film was based on a book written by William Goldman and Rob Reiner. The writers did an excellent job making a book and movie centered on medieval magic and fantasy love story which viewers can enjoy for many years. The film narrates two heroes by the names of Westley and Inigo Montoya who are similar because both are motivated by love, are criminals and their swordsmanship. Westley falls in love with a gorgeous lady, Buttercup who lived in the country of Florin. When Buttercup asks Westley to carry out the household tasks, Westley obeys and replies, “As you wish.” Buttercup realizes Westley is in love and responds by loving him back. Westley considers leaving to seek a fortune so he and Buttercup can elope and marry. Buttercup is accidentally faced with a ship attack by the Dread Pirate Roberts which …show more content…

Inigo repeatedly repeats to himself, “Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya and you killed my father. Prepare to die.” The phrase summarizes Inigo’s thirst for vengeance with Count Rugen. As a child, Inigo respected his father as a person who had created the most wonderful sword for the six-fingered Count Rugen. Out of nowhere, the Count came with the sword to Domingo complaining about the swords condition and refused to pay the entire amount. Due to anger, Count Rugen killed Domingo and devastated Inigo’s life. Inigo became focused in mastering the technique of sword. Inigo became highly respected and attained a status of “master” which qualified him being a wizard, the highest rank in swordsmanship in the entire world. Inigo launched to pursue Count Rugen but could not find the man for a long time. Inigo began to feel hopeless and fearful about completing the mission of killing Count Rugen and sunk into depression and

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Arthur is wounded badly, and only Bedivere and Lucan are to his aid. After leaving the battlefield, looters quickly arrive taking the fallen knights accessories and valuables, as well as Sir Lucan dying from a stab wound. Arthur hears the moans of the dying knights outside and wants Bedivere to throw the sword away, at first Bedivere hides the sword away, saying: “If I throw this rich sword in the water, thereof shall never come good, but harm and loss” (Malory 182). Showing that showed that he wasn’t following his code of chivalry, breaking the code of loyalty, then lying to his king two times by saying that he did the deed his king requested. After his threat to him Bedivere he finally listened to his King, throwing it away to be taken by the Lady of the

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The Princess Bride is presented as an abridgement by William Goldman of a book by S. Morgenstern. However, S. Morgenstern was not a real person and there was no such book. Goldman has frequent commentary throughout the novel about scenes he has “removed.” Of course, the book came expressly from the mind of Goldman.

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In the novella I Had Seen Castles by Cynthia Rylant, the main character, John, saw a lot of heartbreaking events throughout his life that affect him forever. In this novella, one of the main themes is loss of innocence. john ‘s best friend Tony, went to war and died shortly after. When John heard this news he was devastated and didn’t know what to do or think because he had never lost anyone before. “No one close to me had ever died before.

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The six fingered sword drove through like butter” (Goldman 266). As one can see, Inigo’s courage helps him slay the bats, even though they are said to be vicious and carriers of the rabies virus. He was able to keep his cool and face these fearsome

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Westley falls in love with her from the beginning of the story and they become lovers until the end.

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From climbing up seven hundred foot cliffs to fighting off unusually large rodents, The Princess Bride is the story of an adventure that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats. It is a romance narrative surrounding the cliché, the hero always gets the girl. We follow the protagonist Westley as he sets out on an action filled journey driven by his love for a woman named Buttercup. Certain characters such as princes, henchman, and witches are distinctively characterized during a romance narrative, but in The Princess Bride they inhabit alternative roles which contribute to this light hearted tale. The manipulation of tropes, commonly recurring literary devices, give a comedic feel to this intriguing and twist filled storyline.

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Westley comes to save Buttercup after she is kidnapped and has to face challenges. One of the challenges was fencing the best swordfighter in the world. Another was fighting the strongest man in Florin. And the last was outsmarting a genius Sicilian with mind games. After all of this, he gets kidnapped, tortured, and eventually gets killed by Prince Humperdink.

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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.

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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.

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Expectations against Reality As a young Japanese woman travelling to America, Hana Omiya had great expectations for what was to come. But she did not expect her life to take such a drastic turn. In Picture Bride by Yoshiko Uchida, major themes are controlled by Hana’s great hopes and the reality she faced, as revealed through how love can cause irrational thought, differences in cultural interests can lead to separation, and how the title Picture Bride shows how Hana and many other people want to be a good bride but has trouble being one sometimes. First, Hana tries to be a Picture Bride but often has trouble being one due to obstacles and and other temptations.

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There are many characters that many personality traits that are expressible in the film and the story from: The Princess Bride. One of the characters that stood out by their personality is Westley. He is an easily describable character, and he also has many character traits that is describable even if a person only watches the movie and film once. Westley is dependable to others, especially to Buttercup. Firstly, Westley is dependable to others because he is protective to is peers, especially Buttercup. When Westley and Buttercup are in the wild forest trying to run away, their circumstances gradually become more situational in a negative way.

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The movie, the Princess Bride, 1987, directed by Rob Reiner and written by William Goldman, has used film techniques and narrative conventions to create certain Themes. These themes that have been used are; Revenge, Love and violence. For example, the person preforming the revenge aspect is called Inigo Montoya. Montoyas revenge is clearly proformed towards the end of the movie. This is where he battles the six fingered man, Count Ruegon; who supposedly killed his father and gave him two scars down both sides of his face.

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