Essays on The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride is and allegory in which the main characters symbolize not only the virtues, but vices. Each person represents themselves as an extreme in a specific way positively, but also negatively. My favorite examples of this dynamic express clearly with the circus trio antagonists: Fezzik, Inigo, and Vizzini. The character Inigo expresses this dynamic with his virtue being that of chivalry in the Middle Age sense of the word. He had a powerful instinct for loyalty, duty, honor,…...

The Princess Bride was a film that did poorly. In my own opinion, I didn't necessarily love the movie but I also didn’t think it was completely horrible. Before watching it, I had no idea what the movie was about and what to expect. I never saw a trailer or anything for it. I went into watching the movie with an open mind. Once I had completely saw the full movie, I then watched the trailer for it. If I had…...