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The Princess Bride Research Paper

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The cover of the Princess Bride reads, "S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure" But what kind of tale is it? Is it a fairy tale? There are many different arguments on either side, but despite all these arguments, the Princess Bride is not a fairy tale.
One of the elements of the fairy tale that the Princess Bride lacks is beginning or ending with “Once Upon a Time” or “And They Lived Happily Ever After”. These are classic fairy tale beginning and endings, and Goldman did not include them. The book starts with a flashback from the authors life, which is also not classic fairy tale material. Fairy Tales do not include any input from the author, except for maybe the introduction. The Princess Bride did have an introduction,
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