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The Princess Bride - Online Term Paper

The Princess Bride

In the film, “,” directed by Rob Reiner, Cary
Elwes plays a farmboy known as Westley during the Middle Ages.
Westley falls in love with Buttercup, played by Robin Wright, who
lives upon the land where he works. Buttercup also falls in love with
Westley, so he sets out to find his fortune so they can be married. A
short time later, Buttercup learns that Westley has been killed by
pirates. The Prince of the land chooses Buttercup to be his bride,
regardless to her feelings. Before the marriage takes place, Buttercup
is kidnapped. Westley, disguised as a pirate in black, sees the
kidnapping occur and chases after Buttercup. He catches up and
defeats all three of the ...

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was in the preparation. Westley had
built up immunity to the poison before so that the small amount didn’t
affect him when he drank it, but affected Vizzini.
Westley also showed intelligence when he couldn’t move, but
made Prince Humperdink believe that he could. Westley just kept
talking to Humperdink until he could get help and Prince Humperdink
surrendered.
Westley showed that he made good choices many times. His
first good choice was to love Buttercup. He chose a girl that truly
loved him in return. He also chose to trust Inigo when he was
climbing up the cliff. Westley chose not to kill Fezzik and Inigo. This
proved helpful in defeating Prince Humperdink and his army.
Buttercup couldn’t see through people like Westley could. She
trusted Prince Humperdink when he asked her to make a deal with
him. Humperdink, after telling Buttercup that he was returning
Westley to his ship and really imprisoning him, tried to make a ...

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Added: 3/20/2007 12:46:32 PM
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
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