There are a few themes in The Princess Bride by William Goldman portrays, we can all agree that true love takes the cake. Throughout the book not only is true love a big motivator, but also shows that nothing and no one can come in between genuine love. True love also doesn’t come easily and requires effort put into it. Westel and Buttercup’s love story is a perfect example of showing how true love can never be porken and is one of the greatest nonphysical forces in the world.
The main thing that can be learned from the main theme of the book is that nothing and no one can come in between true love. The whole book is about Westley trying to save Buttercup from her not only her kidnappers, but her marriage with Prince Humperdink. Not only were
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This journey that we are on didn’t just happen. It took years for Westley and Buttercup to even reunite after he becomes the dread pirate roberts. And when they are finally together again, they are still both fighting for this connection that is one of a kind. You don’t just fall in ,ove everyday and it’s something that is a once in a lifetime opportunity, hence why Buttercup wasn’t able to love anyone else after she believed Westley was killed. Both of them fought and fought just so they could be togehter in the end. This seems silly to some that they went through all of this trouble just to show their love, but as the narrator mentions, “Love is many things, none of them logical”. Love doesn’t have to be “logical”, it just has to be genuine. Love isn’t always rainbows and butterflies, it also hurts, but all this hurt is worth it in the end if you can be with someone who truly cares about you and would do anything to be with you. “Life is pain Highness, Anyone who says differently is selling something.” Westley says to Buttercup when they first reunite. He is absolutely right, life is pain, along with love as well, but you can’t find anything else like that anywhere else. Without pain we would never know true