THE PRINCESS BRIDE BY: WILLIAM GOLDMAN GENRE: FANTASY SUB- GENRE: PARODY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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