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Literary Luminary 1) Funny: pg. 51--- Buttercup and Westley are confessing their love for each other, and as Westley is trying to explain his huge love for Buttercup, she interrupts him and, being her usual self (not the brightest), she has to clarify what his symbols and metaphors mean, not getting the big picture. 2) Interesting: pgs. 136-142 --- The man in black has defeated Inigo and Fezzik, and is up to face Vizzini in a game of deception. Unlike the other duels, this one involves toying with your mind, and tricks instead of hand-to-hand combat. The man in black pours wine into two goblets, one for him and one for Vizzini. He pours iocane powder (a deadly poison) into one of them and dares Vizzini to chose one of the two cups that he thinks would have the poison in it. Then both of them would drink the glass in front of them; merely the unlucky one dies. But it turns out that the man in black poisoned both of the cups, and became immune to iocane powder, so he beat Vizzini. 3) Powerful: pgs. 183-191--- Buttercup just finished escaping the Fire Swamp with Westley. They thought they'd outrun Prince Humperdinck and his armada, but once they reach the coast, they are surrounded and Buttercup is forced to make a choice of returning to Florin with Humperdinck or dying with her true love, Westley, and she chooses to live and marry Prince Humperdinck. Westley is taken prisoner and weeks before the wedding, Buttercup starts having nightmares taunting her about how she left Westley so long ago. This section is very powerful because Buttercup's vivid dreams are actually very frightening, and they show you how much Buttercup killed Westley inside, and how much Buttercup has killed herself and her conscience along the way without even knowing it. One of the many dreams Buttercup has had is when she and Prince Humperdinck have a son, but her baby refuses to return her love. 4) Puzzling: pg. 72 --- This part is confusing, because Buttercup agrees to marry Prince Humperdinck, even though previously in the book she vowed never to love again, for she would never get over Westley's death/disappearance. Now she suddenly changes her mind, even under the conditions that her marriage to Prince Humperdinck would not include love, for no apparent reason at all. Was it for riches? Buttercup wouldn't stoop that low. Would she? Maybe she wanted to get over Westley's loss, but technically not have to love another? Just to marry? Whatever reasoning Buttercup had behind it, I'm sure it wasn't good enough. 5) Important: pgs. 220-221 --- This part is very important in the plot of the story, because Buttercup finally realizes who Prince Humperdinck really is: a coward. She has learned more throughout the course of the book, and at this vital point she has realized the bonds of love she truly has with Westley and no one else, and the makings of a coward, both of which she says right to Humperdinck's face. Of course, he responds by screaming and tearing at her hair, but that's not as Important (ha ha) as Buttercup's courage that defeated Humperdinck's false courage.
DISCUSSION DIRECTOR 1) Who do you think is the hero in this story, or is there one at all? Explain 2) What function is served by having Westley die and come back to life? 3) Describe Buttercup's experience after he is gone and believed to be dead. 4) Inigo and Fezzik, become allies of Westley in his triumph to rescue her. What causes Inigo and Fezzik to change, do they really change at all over the course of the novel? 5) If Westley did not leave in the beginning of the story do you think their love would last? Explain. 6) What do you think would have happened to Buttercup and Westleys love if they decided to stand up for their love against the Prince, other than Buttercup going off with the Prince in return letting Westley free? 7) Do you believe the love in this novel is true love or young love?
Princess Bride
Connector There were many connections between this book and the modern world, for example the one that stood out the most to me was young love. Love plays a role in teenage lives and when you look back at the things you have done, you see that most of it was stupid. In this story Buttercup and Westley had an on and off relationship which is easy to connect with the life of teenagers. One day you are with someone, you break up, then you are back with them before you know it. Buttercup left him for the Prince when she found he was dead, left him to go free if she went with the prince and ended up with him at the end.
