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The Princess Bride -x - Online Term Paper

The Princess Bride -x

Journal of William Goldman’s The Princess Bride
The princess bride is an incredibly entertaining book. Although it was written mostly as a parody it contains many themes. The developments seen in the dynamic characters are astounding ones. The theme, or motif, which I’m going to follow through the story is that of Fezzik and his quest for self confidence and a good self image. From the time that the novel starts to the end, Fezzik achieves a good self image. He starts out with a very low self image and, by the end, he finds in himself talents that give him a better image of himself.
To begin with, Vizzini never allows Fezzik to provide an sort of input or to think in any way. ...

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reason people think you’re so stupid,” the Scilian said, “is because you are so stupid. It has nothing to do with your drooling.”” Vizzini manages, with his constant verbal attacks on Fezzik to destroy any shred of confidence that Fezzik may have had before. Vizzini’s ego is getting in the way of Fezzik.
From a very young age Fezzik was taunted by his school mates.
“At first, naturally, they were scared to death (even then Fezzik looked fierce) but once they found out he was chicken, well, they weren’t about to let an opportunity like that get away…it would go on like that until Fezzik would burst into tears and run away.” People never gave Fezzik any sort of chance. He has always been considered a fool out loud. Luckily he had his rhymes to comfort him.
When Vizzini dies, although it leaves Fezzik in a lot of despair, it is probably the best thing for him. The stopping of ...

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Added: 3/9/2007 07:15:01 PM
Category: English
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