Buttercup In William Golding's The Princess Bride
Anyone would do anything to try to save or destroy true love. The Princess Bride is a fictional story that was written by William Golding. The book follows a princess named Buttercup and she is put into incredible situations all because she wants to say how she actually feels when it’s too late. The Princess Bride contains horrific scenes that you couldn’t imagine someone being put through. But, on the bright side the situations that they were put through helped them grow and or unmask themselves and expose who they truly are. One of the main characters in the book is Buttercup. Essentially, all the events that occur in the story take place surrounding Buttercup. Although, Buttercup’s growth by the end of the story is dull,
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Then, you have the giant who was a wrestler but he didn’t like it so he ran away from his family and his name is Fezzik. Lastly, you have Inigo Montoya who is a master swords fighter and has been looking for the six fingered man that killed his father. The three men were hired by Prince Humperdinck to capture Buttercup and bring her back hostage. Prince Humperdinck takes Buttercup captive because he needs to marry a princess before his father dies. But marrying her is not the only thing he has in plan. Once, they are married Prince Humperdinck plans to kill Buttercup on their honeymoon then blame it on Guilder to start a war. Buttercup doesn’t know that. It’s during this time that Buttercup reveals who she is; she’s willing to do anything to save the love of her life. In the story, Goldman made Buttercup have a dream with her baby. The dream wasn’t so spectacular; the baby is saying that Buttercup’s milk is sour and that she has no love, which is symbolizing that she doesn’t love Westley because she’s going to marry Prince Humperdinck. “ No, this is sour too,” and Buttercup said, “ I don’t know what to do” and the baby said, “ You always know what to do, you always know exactly what to do, you always do exactly what’s right for you, and the rest of …show more content…
Without your true identity and living life as if you’re not doing something that could potentially bring you down, isn’t something good to be doing. Sacrifices your identity because you’re just not happy with yourself is not the way to go. Having an identity is very important. In the Princess Bride the characters are brought to tough obstacles that might be even tougher then American Ninja Warrior obstacles. They’re all going through the obstacles to prove something about themselves and find their inner them. Even though the characters are put through terrible situations that made them want to die, they were all able to take off the mask and unveil
Then, you have the giant who was a wrestler but he didn’t like it so he ran away from his family and his name is Fezzik. Lastly, you have Inigo Montoya who is a master swords fighter and has been looking for the six fingered man that killed his father. The three men were hired by Prince Humperdinck to capture Buttercup and bring her back hostage. Prince Humperdinck takes Buttercup captive because he needs to marry a princess before his father dies. But marrying her is not the only thing he has in plan. Once, they are married Prince Humperdinck plans to kill Buttercup on their honeymoon then blame it on Guilder to start a war. Buttercup doesn’t know that. It’s during this time that Buttercup reveals who she is; she’s willing to do anything to save the love of her life. In the story, Goldman made Buttercup have a dream with her baby. The dream wasn’t so spectacular; the baby is saying that Buttercup’s milk is sour and that she has no love, which is symbolizing that she doesn’t love Westley because she’s going to marry Prince Humperdinck. “ No, this is sour too,” and Buttercup said, “ I don’t know what to do” and the baby said, “ You always know what to do, you always know exactly what to do, you always do exactly what’s right for you, and the rest of …show more content…
Without your true identity and living life as if you’re not doing something that could potentially bring you down, isn’t something good to be doing. Sacrifices your identity because you’re just not happy with yourself is not the way to go. Having an identity is very important. In the Princess Bride the characters are brought to tough obstacles that might be even tougher then American Ninja Warrior obstacles. They’re all going through the obstacles to prove something about themselves and find their inner them. Even though the characters are put through terrible situations that made them want to die, they were all able to take off the mask and unveil