The Theme Of True Love In The Princess Bride

Adventure, true love, death, and a malevolent antagonist are all parts of an exciting fairytale. The Princess Bride incorporates all these qualities into a spellbinding story enjoyable for all readers. Buttercup and Westley are two characters in love with each other. They became separated and go on exciting adventures to reunite again. Torture, death, kidnapping, threats, injury, and suicide attempts don't stop their love. In the end, true love always prevails. Although it looks like true love cannot survive in the beginning of The Princess Bride, facts and events that happen throughout the story proves it otherwise.

To begin, the character Westley portrays that true love prevails by his many actions. He wasn't killed by the Dread Pirate Roberts because when Roberts asked why he shouldn't kill Westley, Westley answered that he was on a mission to earn money and reunite with Buttercup, his love. A passage from the book describes what Westley's reason to come back to life was. It says, " 'Tr...ooooo...luv' Fezzik grabbed onto Inigo in panic and hey both pivoted, string at the man in black, who was silent again. "'True love, he said," Inigo cried. "You heard him-true love is what he wants to come back for. That's certainly worthwhile." It means that even though Westley was dead, he still wanted to come back because he loved Buttercup so much. This shows how Westley truly loved Buttercup.

Furthermore, Buttercup, another character, also shows how true love can survive all odds.

When she got the letter that the Dread Pirate Roberts killed Westley, she never loved another person. That proves how devoted to Westley she was. Even when she agreed to marry Prince Humperdinck, she told him that she would never love him. When she found out that Prince Humperdinck killed Westley using the Machine, she decided that she would kill herself after the wedding, because to her, the world without Westley was nothing. She loved Westley so much that she would give up her life to be with

him.

Additionally, another character that showed true love was Inigo. He loved his father, as he was the only family he had. When Count Rugen killed his father, Inigo was heartbroken. He was brave enough to pick up the sword his father made and face Count Rugen. Although he lost, and got two scars on his face for that, losing only fueled his passion for becoming the best swordsman so he could get avenge his father. Inigo's love for his father is like a person trying to live up to his/her ancestor's standards, always trying to be the best to in a way, make them proud, or in his case, to get revenge. He did everything in the name of his father. He avenged his father, even with a blade in his side. That shows how much he loved his father.

In conclusion, if one truly loves another, the love will survive. Westley beat death to come back for Buttercup, and in turn, Buttercup would sacrifice her life to be with Westley. Inigo trained to be the best fencer for many years, to avenge the father he loved so much. Even if a person's life is rough at the start, that person's love for someone or something will make them survive and become happy at the end.