What Are The Similarities Between The Princess Bride And The Odyssey

Westley and Odysseus`s success is dependent upon other character archetypes they encounter on their journey in The Princess Bride and The Odyssey. First of all, in both sources of media - The Princess Bride and The Odyssey - there are mentors for both heroes: Westley and Odysseus. The mentor provides each hero with motivation, inspiration, training, guidance, and gifts for their journey. The mentor brings valuable information for the actors that can come in handy later on their journey. Mentors are inspired by wisdom as they are similar to the voice of God. The gift of help by the mentors is critical and should be learned by commitment, learning, and sacrifice. Firstly, in The Odyssey by Homer the mentor is Athena. Athena is the goddess of

At the beginning of this trip, Fezzik and Inigo Montoya were a henchman for Vizzini; as well, Vizzini was hired to capture Buttercup to start a war. Inigo Montoya challenges Westley to a sword fight after Inigo saves him from falling the cliff and Westley knocks out Fezzik. The trio is later brought together and is united by their hatred for the royals of the kingdom. The pair can save Westley from permanent death after searching for a wizard that can bring him back to life. Both Inigo Montoya and Fezzik assist Westley in his quest to save Buttercup from the evil Prince Humperdink. In summary, the loyal retainers are critical character archetypes in both The Odyssey by Homer and The Princess Bride by William Goldman; they help the heroes/heroines of these works by always helping them in times of need and being by the heroes' sides. In conclusion, the success of Odysseus and Westley is dependant upon character archetypes that they encounter on their journey. To begin with, in The Odyssey by Homer is a suspenful and entreging read that follows the life of Odyssey trying to defeat the Trojans. He encounter a menor by the name Athena on his journey as she teaching him to use peace instead of fighting. As well, The Princess Bride by William Goldman follows the steps of Westey trying to save Buttercup. He does this by a mentor named The Dread Pirate Roberts, a pirate ship where he had learned skills from swordfighting to riding a ship. Thirdly, The Odyssey by Homer displays how Odysseus himself gives the two loyal retainers a final test to be certain about how true these two characters are. He has already learned both characters protest their love to Odysseus, although Odysseus wants to hear whether he can count on them or not and with their response, Odysseus learns about their loyalty. Lastly, in The Princess Bride by William Goldman introduces the