Adv. English V

3. Reflection

A fairytale is a story full of adventures, fantasy and characters that expose the good versus evil, all of the fairytales are alike, they all are irreal and have drama were the good triumphs over evil, it has to have an introduction, drama and conclusion; To be considered true fairytale has to have some especial characters and a sense of adventure. In order to be considered true fairytale. Fairy tales are distinguish from narrative stories, all the fairy tales have a part of romance and a climax where good triumphs over the evil. 

English V

Andrés Ramírez

A00999825

08/10/13

Carmen Zamora

The Princess Bride

The movie “The princess Bride is based on the book written by William Goldman, this book combines several genres, comedy fantasy, romance, adventure etc. This story is best known as a fairytale, because it’s characters are from fantasy. Eventhough fairytales are more serious and with a little bit more fantastic or irreal; Is “The princess bride” a fairytale?

The story begins with a child that was sick on bed, with his grandfather about to tell this story that Fred didn’t want to hear. His grandfather, ignoring his bad attitude begins to read the book “The Princess Bride”.

“As you wish” , were the words that the farm boy said every time  the princess Butterycup demanded something, that how the true love began in this story, the words that will later become another meaning for the beautifull princess.

They both loved each other, Wesley went to America “to make his fortune across the sea”. The princess butterycup finds out that he have been murdered by the Pirate Roberts. It was then when the Prince Humperdink chooses the pirncess Buttercup as his wife eventhough she didn’t love him.

After a long time of sadness and desperation of not having his true love, Wesley. The princess is riding her horse through the forest and she met a short intelligent man, Vizzini, Iñigo, and a giant, Fezik. They kidnap her because Vizzini wanted to start a war with the nearby country by murdering her. The man in black were following them so Vizzini ask him to fight him since Iñigo was a great swordsman.

Eventhough they have respect for each other, they had to fight, the man in black wins but didn’t kill Iñigo. Then Vizzini sends Fezzik to kill him, while he ran away with the princess.. The man-in-black fought the giant with success.

Then the man in black went after the short intelligent man to rescue the beautifull princess with unknown purposes. Since the man in black seemed invencible, Vizzini challenges him to a intelligence duel were both can fight for the princess. The man in black killed the short man by poison him, the man in black told him to choose a glass without the one with poison, Vizzini switch cups with the thought that the man in black putt he poison in his cup and not in his but he died anyways because both cups had poison, the man in black had the inmunity to die with that posion.

The man-in-black took Buttercup in the chasing of prince Humperdinck, she tought that was the Pirate Robert, the man-in-black said that in fact he was he pirate and he have killed Wesley, the man-in-black ask why she became the bride of the prince if she really loved that man. “Oh my sweet Westley…What have I done?” said Buttercup, as she accidently throws her true love down the hill. Desperate she threw herself down the hill after him, This scene shows how the entire film is. It mirros the themes that the movie and the book have.

The prince Humperdink tortures Wesley to death, he wanted to despite her undying love for Wesley. His friends rescue him by taking him to a witch doctor to revive him. Eventough the doctor said, it will take a miracle, he revives. As the story goes it proves that tru love can conquer death. Wesley is a genuine hero, strong, brave, honourable.

Indigo Montoya, one of the friends that saved Wesley from death has one of the best scenes of the movie, “My name is Indigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die” is was he said to the six-finger man, who almost killed him, but the determination and the desire of revenge is what made him kill the six-finger man.

The Princess Bride, a tale of the love between the beautiful Buttercup and the besotted Westley shows a modern fairy tale, the good versus evil, true love, and adventures.