The overall structure of The Princess Bride is really impressive. It starts off with the narrator telling the story to his sick grandson. This movie is a fairytale adventure about a young girl and her one true love. The story begins with Buttercup, a young, blue-eyed girl who lives on a farm. Buttercup is an ordinary girl, but she is also bold, courageous, and uncommonly beautiful. While it is her beauty that moves men, not her intelligence or courage, Buttercup does not care about her appearance. In fact, she is more of a tomboy who only cares about riding her horse. Also on the farm lives Westley, a poor farm boy. When the movie first presents Westley, he's nothing more than a young, handsome farmer who works for Buttercup's family. Buttercup …show more content…
takes advantage of him and presumes he is dumb because the only response he ever gives her is, “As you wish.” However, Westley only responds this way to show that he loves her. It takes Buttercup a while, but she realizes that she also loves him. Once the two reconcile their love for each other, Westley travels to America to make his fortune. Buttercup soon receives word that Westley has been murdered by the Dread Pirate Roberts, who is notorious for leaving no victim alive. Five years later, being convinced Westley is dead, Buttercup unwillingly gets engaged to Prince Humperdinck. Prince Humperdinck is the Prince of Florin. He is the most powerful, dishonest, and undeserving man in this movie. The country of Florin is his playground, and he treats Buttercup like a disposable doll. Humperdinck is also a skilled hunter and uses his training for his own good. There is nothing he cares about other than pursuing his hobbies and convincing himself that he is always in control. Before their wedding, Buttercup is kidnapped by three criminals.
One of the criminals is a Sicilian “genius” named Vizzini; in other words, he is smart aleck. Another one of the criminals is a Spanish fencing master, named Inigo Montoya, who is looking for the six-fingered man that killed his father. He is the definition of a man on a mission – Inigo spent his whole life practicing to become a skilled swordsman. He also drinks to make his problems go away. The last of the criminals is a massive wrestler named Fezzik, who likes to rhyme. Fezzik is not the most intelligent guy in the world, but he is a loyal and useful friend. While running away with Buttercup, the kidnappers notice a man dressed in all black behind them. Little do they know the man in black is after them. The man in black is well known for his skills and intelligence. He wins a sword fight with Inigo, who is supposed to be the greatest swordfighter in the world, and he uses his strength and cleverness to defeat Vizzini and Fezzik. The only ones that are left alive are Fezzik and Inigo. The man in black saves Buttercup from the criminals and plans to run away with her. When he is revealed, your jaws will drop! It is safe to say that this story has a happy
ending. The cinematography in this movie is amazing. The person responsible for all the magic behind The Princess Bride is Adrian Biddle. He did a fantastic job with this film because he made everything look so real, like the rouses and the fire in the fire swamp. The man responsible for the screenplay is William Goldman. The screenplay was one of the main reasons to grab the watcher's attention. Everything looked so real and presentable. A lot of people have grown extremely fond of this fairytale. I think so many people love this movie for the same reasons everyone loves fairytales – it has a happy ending, grabs the watcher's attention, and is very entertaining.
“As you wish,” said by the Farm boy,westley, a main character who ties the story of love,romance,and action together. The book The Princess Bride by William Goldman is a story of two lovers, Buttercup and Westley. After Westley dies on a boat by The Dread Pirate Roberts, the King of Florin, Prince Humperdinck, started searching for love. After a visit from the count and countess they decide that Buttercup is worthy of being the queen. Even though Buttercup says she will never love The Prince, she still agrees to the marriage. Soon after Buttercup is introduced to Florin she gets kidnapped by the Turk, the Sicilian, and the Spaniard. They all figure out that they are being followed by the man in black, which leads to the adventure part of the story. In The Princess Bride, William Goldman uses many different archetypes like the damsel in distress, the task, and the magic weapon which are archetypes that have been used for centuries and renders them new to make the story flow together and more interesting.
The principal action is Westley decision to leave the farm which causes a cascade of events to follow. On his journey he is captured by the “dread pirate Roberts who never leaves captives alive” and is therefore assumed to be dead for five years, in which time the Prince of Florin choses Buttercup as his bride to be. This engagement leads to the princess being abducted by what appear to be soldiers from Guilder in order t...
Westley’s dedication to Buttercup motivated him throughout the story. He admitted the following to her: "I have taught myself languages because of you. I have made my body strong because
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a film made in 2004 directed by Joel Zwick that evidently portrays several sociological concepts throughout the film. This film highly demonstrates the sociological topics of gender and culture all through the movie. The roles of gender, gender stratification as well as gender stereotyping are exemplified during the film. As for culture, the film displays subculture, counterculture, ethnocentrism, cultural relativism and cultural diffusion. My Big Fat Greek Wedding focuses on a single 30-year-old Greek woman, Toula Portokalos, who works at her family’s restaurant. Toula’s life takes a turn when she unexpectedly falls in love with a man who is not Greek. The film revolves around Toula’s family as well as her boyfriend,
Beloved is a movie full of pain, love, and triumph. This film is constructed and created from the works of Toni Morrison’s novel. Beloved can be considered a ghost tale based on how the main character Beloved magically appears and disappears with no warning signs. The movie takes place in the summer of 1865 in Ohio at 124 Bluestone Road in a little white house on a plate of land.
Buttercup acts as the damsel in distress almost drowning in quick sand and faces a large rodent only to have a brave Westley never giving up his devotion for her. Buttercup and Westley make it out of the forest only to encounter Prince Humperdinck and Count Rugen waiting for them. This moment is important because the separation of the two of them brings out Westley’s true determination to be with her. Rugen brings Westley to an underground torture chamber .This is the lowest part in a hero’s journey, where Westley is losing hope of his survival and fulfillment of his promise to Buttercup. He is in the depths his despair, but ultimately faces death by Prince Humperdinck. The hero must come back to life as his goal is not complete so he gains unexpected allies, Fezzick and Inigo. They take him to Miracle Max a wizard that provides them with a concoction to bring Westley back to life. Although he now faces part paralysis he is determined to take siege on the castle working together to stop the wedding between Humperdinck and Buttercup, his love for Buttercup fueling him. Succeeding with his journey for true love he defeats Humperdinck claiming Buttercup as his
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“The Vow” is a movie that encases the turmoil and hardship associated with retrograde amnesia and the classic symptoms and steps associated with recovering and potentially regaining lost memory. Taking into account the information gained through multiple sources; such as, lecture of Mental Health, medical databases, and the personal experiences of Krickett Carpenter, the Vow provides both an accurate and inaccurate depiction of retrograde amnesia.
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Buttercup is a 12 year old girl from Florin, and she really wants a horse for her 13th birthday. During school the only thing Buttercup talks about is getting a horse for her birthday. She draws horse pictures during art class in school.
For decades Disney has been the source of happy endings, fairytales, and family friendly stories for children of all ages. These stories range from realistic and familiar, to the eye-catching magical fairytale. The key to each of these stories are the happy endings brought about by each of the characters unique personalities and dreams. Disney’s films are attempted to provide children with the basic understanding of wrong versus right, but instead influences our society’s beliefs and awareness. Although Disney’s efforts to provide the basic morals to our children are misleading and affect our society strongly, they also contain the use of racism in a form which shows the major differences between characters. The once admired and well-known characters are seemed to be recognized by their species, ethnicity and even their social class. Disney films have taken out of context and have persuaded their viewers understanding of racial stereotyping, which is thoroughly explained in Henry Giroux and Grace Pollock’s novel, The Mouse that Roared. They bring awareness to the underlying racial stereotyping in Disney films, which deeply affect our societies understanding today. Giroux and Pollock bring into perception these admired and regularly watched films through precise examples and racist rendering of the specific characters species and ethnicities which strongly influence our society and lead children to intake these negative influences.
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