Buttercup and westley from princess bride11/29/2023 By doing this, we are harshly torn back into 1987, reminding us as the viewer that this is only a story being told, and treating it as anything else is missing the point of the tale. To counter this, the film often takes us out of the moment with an interruption by the grandson or grandfather as a way of paralleling their experience to the one that we have. This is hard to accomplish considering that the plot is oftentimes depressing or even scary. The Princess Bride aims for its audience not to take it too seriously. One narrative device that The Princess Bride employs is motif in the form of interrupting one story with another. Despite not seeing the love of his life for many years, and having a life of affluence as the Dread Pirate Roberts, his main goal remains to be finding her, no matter the cost. He as a character does not change a ton, but there are subtle shifts in his personality and motivation, as well as his trust in others. His love-driven motivation gives way to a motivated man who is in love. At the beginning of the movie, we see him as a love-consumed young man, but as the story progresses, his love for Buttercup allows him to become more intelligent, powerful, and clever. Westley faces many obstacles in pursuit of his want including, but not limited to: a sword-fight with Inigo Montoya, a fistfight with a giant named Fezzik, a battle of wits with the overconfident Vizzini, the Fire Swamp, the Pit of Despair, and the Machine. Westley wants to rescue Buttercup from her captures as well as free her from her engagement to the odious Prince. Westley is ,without a doubt, an adventurer. Westley used to be a farm-boy, but following his journey for wealth on the ocean he became the Dread Pirate Roberts who was a feared and revered pillager. I know this because his goal of rescuing Buttercup is the center plot-line that the movie follows. There are many stories represented in this movie, but the main one that we follow is Westley. Westley’s loyalty to Buttercup drives the adventure and story of The Princess Bride. Inigo’s entire reason for becoming a swordsman is because of his undying loyalty to his father and his family. Throughout the entire movie, his sole goal is to avenge his father’s death, which shows remarkable family loyalty. An example of this is Inigo Montoya, who displays fierce loyalty to his father, who was killed by the six-fingered man. Throughout the entire movie, we see vastly different characters demonstrating loyalty in their own right. One of the major themes of The Princess Bride was the ideal of loyalty. Westley faces many obstacles throughout the story, but the real question is, Will the grandfather be able to finish the story despite the grandson’s obvious distaste of all those ‘kissing scenes’? Along the way he meets a thief and his hired helpers, a swordsman, and a giant, who become Westley’s companions in his search for the Princess. It is up to Westley (her childhood love who she believed to be dead) to rescue her. She is kidnapped and held against her will as a ploy to star a war. The story is a classic romantic tale about a girl named Buttercup who is engaged to Prince Humperdinck. The grandson is unsure of if he will like the story, but allows his grandfather to begin to tell the story regardless. An elderly man begins reading a story to his young grandson who is home sick.
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