From climbing up 700 foot cliffs, fighting off unusually large rodents, and coming back from the dead, The Princess Bride is the story of an adventure that always keeps viewers on the edge of their seats. The journey is displayed through a Romance Narrative structure that is predictable, but engaging. The structure consists of aspects prominently displayed during the movie: innocence, initiation, challenges, the Underworld, and the Return. We follow the hero Westley as he makes his way through this mission fueled by his love for a woman named Buttercup and the lengths from which he will go to be with her.
The beginning of the movie displays the innocence and shows Westley’s initiation as he unknowingly accepts his quest. The story begins
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with Westley working as a poor farm boy for Buttercup who is always pushing him around. He is remembered with his famed quote “As You Wish” meaning I love you, Buttercup later has a realization of her love for him so he decides to leave and go make money for them so they can start a life together. This scene is of significance because Westley is passing the Threshold, embarking on a journey that is inexplicable to him. The ship he sets out on his attacked and everyone is killed except for him, who is taken in by Dread Pirate Roberts who trains Westley transforming him into the “Man in Black” acting as his mentor. Although Westley is alive and well, Buttercup hears of the passengers passing aboard the ship he was on and promises herself to a Prince Humperdinck who requests her as a bride. Westley hears of this news and plans to follow her in efforts to win her back. He must now face the certain challenges ahead of him. He witnesses pirates, the Sicilian Vizzini, Inigo Montoya, and a Giant named Fezzik capture Buttercup and follows them starting a perilous quest for his life to driven by his love for Buttercup. Westley encounters a huge feat, The Cliffs of Insanity that he manages to climb up, and three trials soon after which he proves himself through. An engaging, chatty duel displaying a mastery of fencing occurs between two swordsmen Inigo and Westley. Soon after Inigo’s defeat, Westley wrestles the strong, but not so bright giant choking him to the ground. And what he sees is his final challenge to reach his beloved, a battle of the wits with Vizzini, involving iocane powder and two glasses of wine. Of course, the hero coming out on top using his new found manipulation to kill the Sicilian as Westley had developed an immunity to this lethal drug. Although Buttercup was his motivation to succeed with these tasks, she is disgusted, pushing him down the hill as he screamed “As You Wish!” She follows after him after realizing that he was Westley. They are finally together and true love has prevailed, but they are faced with a threat once again, Prince Humperdinck and his men following them. Westley draws strength from the fact that he has come so far to be with Buttercup as they enter the deadly Fire Swamp, leading to Westley “falling” into the Abyss, the hero’s darkest hour and the hero’s crucial return to the path of his quest.
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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In The Princess Bride, the archetype of the magic weapon takes form metaphorically to aid Westley in his rescue of Buttercup. For example, Westley knew how to avoid the dangers of the Fire Swamp and could fight off giant rats. This scene takes place after Westley realizes that Buttercup still loves him and he reveals himself to her, together, they then make their escape
In Princess Bride, Westley's quest is to return to his true love, Buttercup, whom he has loved since a young worker on her family's farm. With no money to marry, Westley decides to strike out for his fortune but is taken prisoner; he is mistakenly reported as dead to Buttercup, who is promised to Prince Humperdink as his bride. In his quest, Westley must first survive being taken prisoner by the Dread Pirate Roberts which he is able to do by showing no fear when Roberts announces daily "Tomorrow you will die" (Princess Bride n.p.). Roberts in fact is so impressed that he retires and names Westley as his successor. Upon
The film The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner, is describe as “Thrilling, exciting, very funny and absolute magic”. No wonder the film has entertained audiences since its release in 1987. While its entertainment value in generally agreed upon, The princess Bride is not precisely inventive, nor original. Westley, the hero, fits closely the profile of the Classic Hero. Similar, the film’s plot mirrors the path followed by the classic hero, across thresholds and into a fantastic adventure. And, like the Classic Hero, Westley must undergo a series of ordeals before he can achieve his goal, to rescue “Buttercup”, and prove true love can overcome all obstacles. The Princess Bride, like most contemporary fantasies, is a retelling of the Heroic
The Hero Journey undergoes different points in someone’s life. In 1949 a man named Joseph Campbell shared Mythic and Archetypal principals with the world. Christopher Vogler fulfilled all of the Hero Journey steps. In the Princess Bride film directed by Robert Reiner is based on the book written by William Goldman. In the film Westley the farm boy leaves the farm, and goes on an adventure to provide for his true love. Westley is a Campbellion a Hero because the story has Mythic and Archetypal principals and follows most of the twelve stages of the Hero Journey.Westley begins his Hero Journey with a call to adventure out of his ordinary world.Westley is a farm boy, who works for a beautiful girl named Buttercup. The farm is filled with animals, and orders from Buttercup. The only wodds Westley says is “As you wish” (Princess Bride). Westley shows that he loves Buttercup but does not want to live on the farm anymore so that he can get a better life for the both of them. When Buttercup realizes she truly loves Westley, and wants to spend the rest of her life with him. Buttercup would tell Westley to do things just so he could say the magic words. “ Farm boy fetch me that pitcher” ( Princess Bride). This shows that Butercup loved Westley even though she did not show it, and this would send him on his adventure. Tom Hutchsion expressed in his article that “ There is a call to a new experience. This might appear like good news or bad news” (Hutchsion, Tom). Westley does not refuse the call because he wants to provide a better life for Buttercup. Westley entered his special world by getting on the ship, and starting his new life. While on the ship Dread Pirate Roberts keeps Westley on the ship as a passenger, and trains him, and he becom...
...tisfy Westley and his needs in order to impress and be good enough for him. However, in the beginning, Buttercup is less susceptible; not concerning herself with Westley at all. Finding out that she loves Westley changes her life. Her transformation from tom-boy to an elegant lady only happens because of Westley; her change has only one purpose and that is to meet up to Westley’s standards. In conclusion, it is clear that The Princess Bride displays a lot of the same issues and conflicts. Whether the characters deal with themselves, others, or the general public, they all grow and develop because of these struggles. Beyond this, the readers of this novel can easily learn a few lessons from the characters of the book. Learning from these lessons, and learning to deal with conflict is a skill that will make a better person out of anybody willing to take the action.
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