Emily Davison
Mrs. Milne
ENG 2D3
May 16, 2017
Relationships and Their Variance
Many different types of relationships occur between different people. Throughout William Goldman’s novel The Princess Bride the reader is presented with a variety of relationships. Relationships can be positive, negative, or neutral. Friendship, hate and love are all common themes of occurrence in Goldman’s novel.
Throughout the novel we see stories of true friendship taking place between many characters, specifically Inigo and Fezzick. Inigo and Fezzick met through their unofficial leader, a Sicilian named Vizzini, when they were both going through hardships. Fezzick was very gentle and Inigo could not make decisions so, they worked together to solve problems and …show more content…
When they were being attacked by king bats Inigo forced Fezzick down to the ground and protected him “’Down, Fezzick,’…and with all his strength he slammed the giant on the shoulder hollering ‘down,’… Inigo knelt above him, the great six fingered sword flying into his hand” (Goldman 300). Inigo risked his own life to protect Fezzick. In addition to being tough there was also soft moments between the two of them. Fezzick and Inigo comforted themselves when they were stressed or scared with simple rhyming games. One of them would say a word and then they would take turns rhyming it. A very sweet moment between the two, they always had each others back. Another friendship was formed throughout the novel, a friendship between Prince Humperdinck and Count Rugen. Count Rugen was quite possibly the prince’s only friend and right hand man. Only Count Rugen knew of the prince’s plans to kill Buttercup and frame Guilder for the death. Count Rugen was even helping to execute the plans. Had they been caught they could have been …show more content…
Westley’s love for Buttercup as well as, Buttercup’s love for Westley is the driving force of the story. An example of their love would be Westley travelling to America all for Buttercup. Buttercup confessed her love for Westley on her farm, where Westley worked as the farm hand, stating "I know this must come as something of a surprise, since all I've ever done is scorn you and degrade you and taunt you, but I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more” (58). This is the trigger incident of the story. Westley confessed his love for her the very next day. Throughout the first chapter Westley answered everything with a simple as you wish but confessed that what he was truly saying was I love you and Buttercup was hearing it wrong. Westley then set sail for America to get a job and enough money to be able to send for Buttercup. Later in the novel Westley proves his love for her once again when he rescues her from a gang of kidnappers. On his way to America Westley’s ship was attacked by pirates and he was presumed dead. A time skip occurred of three years and during this time Buttercup was forced to become engaged to an evil prince and kidnapped by three men. Although Buttercup and Westley had only shared one moment together before Westley was presumed dead their love remained strong. This is proven when he climbed the Cliffs of Insanity, fought in hand to hand combat against a giant and had a sword fighting
Mrs. Milne
ENG 2D3
May 16, 2017
Relationships and Their Variance
Many different types of relationships occur between different people. Throughout William Goldman’s novel The Princess Bride the reader is presented with a variety of relationships. Relationships can be positive, negative, or neutral. Friendship, hate and love are all common themes of occurrence in Goldman’s novel.
Throughout the novel we see stories of true friendship taking place between many characters, specifically Inigo and Fezzick. Inigo and Fezzick met through their unofficial leader, a Sicilian named Vizzini, when they were both going through hardships. Fezzick was very gentle and Inigo could not make decisions so, they worked together to solve problems and …show more content…
When they were being attacked by king bats Inigo forced Fezzick down to the ground and protected him “’Down, Fezzick,’…and with all his strength he slammed the giant on the shoulder hollering ‘down,’… Inigo knelt above him, the great six fingered sword flying into his hand” (Goldman 300). Inigo risked his own life to protect Fezzick. In addition to being tough there was also soft moments between the two of them. Fezzick and Inigo comforted themselves when they were stressed or scared with simple rhyming games. One of them would say a word and then they would take turns rhyming it. A very sweet moment between the two, they always had each others back. Another friendship was formed throughout the novel, a friendship between Prince Humperdinck and Count Rugen. Count Rugen was quite possibly the prince’s only friend and right hand man. Only Count Rugen knew of the prince’s plans to kill Buttercup and frame Guilder for the death. Count Rugen was even helping to execute the plans. Had they been caught they could have been …show more content…
Westley’s love for Buttercup as well as, Buttercup’s love for Westley is the driving force of the story. An example of their love would be Westley travelling to America all for Buttercup. Buttercup confessed her love for Westley on her farm, where Westley worked as the farm hand, stating "I know this must come as something of a surprise, since all I've ever done is scorn you and degrade you and taunt you, but I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more” (58). This is the trigger incident of the story. Westley confessed his love for her the very next day. Throughout the first chapter Westley answered everything with a simple as you wish but confessed that what he was truly saying was I love you and Buttercup was hearing it wrong. Westley then set sail for America to get a job and enough money to be able to send for Buttercup. Later in the novel Westley proves his love for her once again when he rescues her from a gang of kidnappers. On his way to America Westley’s ship was attacked by pirates and he was presumed dead. A time skip occurred of three years and during this time Buttercup was forced to become engaged to an evil prince and kidnapped by three men. Although Buttercup and Westley had only shared one moment together before Westley was presumed dead their love remained strong. This is proven when he climbed the Cliffs of Insanity, fought in hand to hand combat against a giant and had a sword fighting