![]() Rugen follows Humperdinck's secret instructions not to release Westley, but to take him to his underground hunting arena, the "Zoo of Death". Buttercup negotiates for Westley's release and returns with Humperdinck to the palace to await their wedding. Westley and Buttercup successfully navigate the Fire Swamp, but they are captured by Prince Humperdinck and his cruel six-fingered assistant, Count Tyrone Rugen. The Fire Swamp has many obstacles, such as Snow Sand and Rodents of Unusual Size (R.O.U.S., pronounced / r uː s/ ROOSS). At Buttercup's insistence, Westley tells Buttercup about his experience with the Dread Pirate Roberts and how he secretly became the latest in a line of men to use that identity. They travel through the Fire Swamp to evade Humperdinck's party. She realizes the man in black is Westley and follows him down into the gorge, to find him battered but largely unhurt. She shoves him into a gorge, yelling, "You can die, too, for all I care!" and hears him call, "As you wish!" from the bottom of the ravine. He taunts Buttercup, claiming that women cannot be trusted and that she must have felt nothing when her true love and sweetheart died. With Prince Humperdinck's rescue party in hot pursuit, the man in black flees with Buttercup. The man in black then explains to Buttercup that he had poisoned both cups, having built up an immunity to iocane powder beforehand. The man in black then catches up with Vizzini and proposes a Battle of the Wits, challenging Vizzini to guess which of two cups of wine is poisoned with "iocane powder". The man in black accepts the challenge and chokes Fezzik until the giant blacks out. His conscience compelling him to fair play, Fezzik throws a rock as a warning to the man in black and challenges him to a wrestling match. A flashback showed Fezzik as a lonely boy who was "accepted" by Vizzini. Vizzini then orders Fezzik to kill the man in black. The man in black wins the duel but leaves the Spaniard alive. When the man in black arrives, Inigo challenges him to a duel. Before the man in black reaches the top of the cliff, a flashback of Inigo's past reveals that he is seeking revenge on a six-fingered man who had killed Inigo's father. A masked man in black follows them across the sea and up the Cliffs of Insanity, after which Vizzini orders Inigo to stop the pursuer. Years later, she reluctantly agrees to marry Prince Humperdinck, heir to the throne of Florin.īefore the wedding, a trio of outlaws-the Sicilian criminal genius Vizzini, the Spanish fencing master Inigo Montoya, and the enormous and mighty Turkish wrestler Fezzik-kidnap Buttercup. Believing that Westley is dead, since the Dread Pirate Roberts is famous for not taking captives, Buttercup sinks into despair. ![]() Buttercup later receives a letter that the Dread Pirate Roberts attacked Westley's ship at sea. Westley's response to her demands is always "As you wish." She eventually realizes that what he is saying is, "I love you." After Buttercup realizes that she loves him and confesses her feelings, Westley goes to seek his fortune so they can marry. She abuses the farm hand, Westley, calling him "farm boy" and demands that he perform chores for her. ![]() In a Renaissance-era world, a young woman named Buttercup lives on a farm in the country of Florin. In 2015, a collection of essays on the novel and the film adaptation was published entitled The Princess Bride and Philosophy. Something in The Princess Bride affects people." Ī segment of the book was published as "Duel Scene (From The Princess Bride)" in the anthology The Best of All Possible Worlds (1980), which was edited by Spider Robinson. William Goldman said, "I've gotten more responses on The Princess Bride than on everything else I've done put together-all kinds of strange outpouring letters. ![]() The main characters named Buttercup and Westley were played by Robin Wright and Cary Elwes respectively. The book was adapted into a 1987 feature film directed by Rob Reiner from a screenplay written by Goldman. It was originally published in the United States by Harcourt Brace, then later by Random House, while in the United Kingdom it was later published by Bloomsbury. Morgenstern, and Goldman's "commentary" asides are constant throughout. It is presented as an abridgment of a longer work by the fictional S. The book combines elements of comedy, adventure, fantasy, drama, romance, and fairy tale. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version is a 1973 fantasy romance novel by American writer William Goldman.
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