THE PRINCESS BRIDE BY WILLIAM GOLDMAN GENRE FANTASY

THE PRINCESS BRIDE BY: WILLIAM GOLDMAN GENRE: FANTASY SUBGENRE: PARODY

Plot Summary Ø Buttercup and Westley fall in love Ø Buttercup is then forced to marry Prince Humperdinck Ø She is Kidnapped Ø She is saved by Westley Ø Westley tries to stop the marriage Ø He is then tortured Ø He saves Buttercup yet again Ø They ride off into the sunset on white horses

A Reading from The Book Ø Reading pages 282 – 283 ØIn these few pages it is a perfect example of how this book is a parody and a fantasy all in one

Genre Analysis Plot She is Buttercup kidnapped and Westley followed by the fall in love man in black There is a Buttercup is battle of wits, proposed to by skill and Prince strength Humperdinck They ride off into the sunset on white horses Westley saves the A battle of life and day death it is unknown if they will live Buttercup is going to commit suicide and everything is in chaos

Genre Analysis Setting Ø Set in Europe Ø A long time ago renaissance- era Ø Made up places- city of Florin

Genre Analysis Archetypes Ø Hero- Westley Ø Victim - Buttercup Ø Villain – Prince Humperdinck Ø Sidekick- Count Rugen Ø Other Villains/fools - Vizzini, Fezzik and Íñigo Subplot Characters Ø Dead Man Roberts Wiseman Ø Yeste – Wiseman Ø Miracle Max – The scientist

Genre Analysis Theme Ø The theme in this book is unusual from most fantasy – Life's not fair, Get used to it Ø However there is also theme that the Hero saves the princess and evil is destroyed

Comparisons Ø Scary Movie, Date Movie and other parody movies Ø Pirates of The Caribbean : At Worlds End Ø The Chronicles of Narnia

Recommendations Ø If you hate when everything turns out happily ever after Ø If you enjoy lots of action, adventure and humor

As A representative of The Fantasy Genre : Ø It was good because it was different Ø But it also followed the quest pattern Ø Perfect mix of humor, chase scenes and romance