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Character Analysis Of The Princess Bride

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The Princess Bride is an amazing movie that has many great characters. It is based off of a book that shares the same name. Although there were many main characters, I have chosen to write about the characteristics of the ones that remind me of people that I know. These characters names are Wesley, Vizzini, and Prince Humperdinck. All of these characters could be described as being overly confident, and fairly intelligent.

Wesley was a very poor servant to a young woman named Buttercup, and he

was deeply in love with her. It was then discovered that she loved him as well; this displayed one of Wesley’s characteristics. Wesley has a lot of pride, and he felt the needed to earn Buttercup the lifestyle that, in his opinion, she deserved. When he appeared in the movie again, he had developed a different set of characteristics. He was very cunning in the ways that he outsmarted the men who had kidnapped Buttercup. He also changed the representation of himself as being the Man in Black/ Dread Pirate Roberts. While he was taking Buttercup away from Prince Humperdinck, he shows bravery as they go into the fire swamp, which are full of dangerous creatures. He is very protective of Buttercup throughout the story, and is willing to sacrifice himself for her. Also, Wesley believes strongly in true love, and that is a motivating factor in a majority of his decisions. One of these situations was when Wesley survived being murdered by Prince Humperdinck. In comparison to

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