The Princess Bride Analysis

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is perfect is one of the most significant themes of “The Princess Bride” by Goldman. There are three main points which support that point of view. First of all, the author uses many examples to demonstrate that life is not always just; very often events do not correspond to the usual scheme of events in a fairy tale. Second, Goldman believes that love will persevere through anything; however, even true love cannot be perfectly honest and pure. Third, the author shows that fairy tale characters cannot necessarily be classified as positive and negative. To begin with, several times in the story we notice life is not fair; things do not always happen the way we want them to happen. Thus, as we read, “This isn’t curious George Uses the Potty” we may assume that the story will come to a tragic end. For example, Westley, the princess’ true love, could be killed several times. Another famous quote, “Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something…” emphasizes that nothing can be just and perfect, even in a fairy tale. Our life is a constant battle where you can win or lose and the rules of the battle are not necessarily unbiased and lawful. The other example is, also, the conversation between Humperdick and Westley in the last chapter. Westley wants to fight Humperdick “To the pain!” and Humperdick wants to fight Westley…show more content…
Several times in the story our main characters could die; however, the author “saves” them from death in order to show that true love will triumph. Thus, when Buttercup jumps into the sea because she is afraid of being killed the author tells us, “Well, since the book’s called The Princess Bride….obviously, the author’s not about to make shark kibble of his leading lady.” When Wesley was tortured to death we know that he’ll be brought back to life by the magic power, “You just know that the resurrection pill has got to

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