In this section I will be exploring many different themes. The themes are Storytelling, Stories with in a story, Dominant Fantasy of time, and Identity will be analyzed through the film The Princess Bride. In this section is will also be using the critical skill Suspending/Reserving Judgement. The Princess Bride is a fantasy romance film created in 1987 by Rob Reiner. The Princess Bride is a story within a story. The film starts off with a grandfather who comes to visits his sick grandson, and in order to make his grandson feel better, he reads him one of his favourite books The Princess Bride. The Princess Bride is about a princess named Buttercup who is engaged to a Prince Humperdinck, gets kidnapped as part of a scheme to start a war. Her …show more content…
In this film the theme identity is showcased in different characters. For instance, Prince Humperdink is not who he appears to be. When he asks Buttercup to marry him he shows her kindness and sympathises with her loss of her true love but near the end his true intention towards her are revealed at the end as his plan to kill Buttercup to start a war falls apart. Similarly, identity is also exemplified through the character Westley. After Westley leaves in the beginning of the film, he returns with a new identity of the Dred Pirate Roberts. When he comes back to save Buttercup from the kidnappers she does not realize its Westley until he said his famous line “As you wish”. These words instantly made Buttercup realize that the man in black was in fact Westley. This highlights how these specific words were a part of Westley’s identity that helped Buttercup identifies him. This also connects to the idea of Power of Language and how strong of an influence language has. Additionally, one’s choice of words can have a great deal of impact to their identity as it did with Westley. Another example of identity are the two kidnappers. The two men who kidnapped Buttercup were following the command of the third kidnapper who was considered their boss. Nonetheless, their intention was not to kill her, their actions were justified by fear and their loyalty to their boss. As we saw in the movie the giant was afraid of losing his job so therefore he followed the orders he was given and stayed back to fight Wesley as he was trying to save Buttercup. However, at the end of the movie we see how the kidnappers help Wesltley, and Buttercup defeat Prince Humperdink. Moreover, the theme of identity in the story ties the different characters and helps bring the story