The Princess Bride
Written By: William Goldberg
Original Writer: S. Morgenstern
Report by: Sophie Godek
Genre: Fiction, Adventure, Romance
Plot Summary: As a young child, Buttercup never worried about anything. She just rode her horse and teased the farmhand, named Westley. Then, one day, something happens. The girls of her village stop talking to her, won’t even look her way. When she asks why, she is told it is because she has stolen the boys of the village away. Every day, the young men crowd around her house and make fun of her, saying that she thinks she is too good for any of them. One day, Buttercup realises that she is in love with Westley, and runs to him, begging for his affection. He admits he too felt something for Buttercup, but has to go away. While he is gone, news spreads around that Westley is dead and that the Dread Pirate Roberts has killed him. At the same time, the prince of Florin hears of Buttercup’s beauty, and wishes to marry her. Although Buttercup does not love the prince, she agrees to marry him because he threatens to kill her. When Buttercup is kidnapped, a man in black goes to take her from the kidnappers, and it turns out to be her supposedly dead love, Westley. This tale of passion, death, and high adventure will leave the reader wanting to read more.
Main Characters:
Buttercup: The daughter of a humble farmer, with great beauty and a tragic past, marries Prince Humperdinck after he threatens to kill her
Westley: The man Buttercup loves,
A very beautiful woman by the name Buttercup in The Princess Bride A Fantasy Romance novel written by William Goldman ends up falling in love with her family servant that is not wealthy whatsoever and begins to gain feelings towards him out of the blue with much jealousy . Buttercup to many other people from their city believe that she is the most beautiful girl ever yet that lives in a farm. But unfortunately goes through a very tough situations throughout the novel .
The movie The Princess Bride originated from the book The Princess Bride by Williams Goldman. The storyline goes along demonstrating the typical knight and the royal characteristic in Medieval times. The events in the movie are based on the courtly love of the main character, Westley. Before being arrested to be a pirate, Westley was a farm boy, who is deeply in love with Buttercup. When he heard of the kidnap the trio, he immediately came to rescue Buttercup, who is at that time Prince Humperdinck's fiance. Within the fight scene of Westley and Inigo Montoya, a knight from the trio, the chivalry of medieval knights is being shown. From the beginning when Inigo patiently waits for Westley to climb up the cliff for the fight, to during the fight
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