Princess Bride essays

Princess Bride essays The book starts with explaining Buttercups parents. Her mother nice and sweet, but she often got after her husband for small insignificant things. Her father shuddered at his wife's voice, a hard worker and loving father. They are both talking when they see a huge procession of horses and guards heading towards their home. At first the assume it was their neighbors but then the crowd was past all their neighbors houses and land and going straight towards them. The mother shrieks at her husband that he forgot to pay the taxes and that they were going to be locked up for the rest of their lives and it was all his fault. When the procession arrives out comes the Count and Countess from their carriage. The Count automatically notices Buttercup's beauty and the Countess notices Wesley, his muscles and how young and handsome he is. The Count and Countess say they are interested in how the father raises the cows and feeds them. Because his cows are the best in the land. When they finally leave, the Count tells the Prince about the most beautiful woman in the Village and the Prince is immediately impressed. So one day while Buttercup is out riding her horse, whom she named "Horse," she was approached by the Prince. He told her how beautiful she was and that he wanted to court her and then marry her. She was not impressed, and rode off, she did not know it was the Prince. Yes her and Wesley did fall in love, it was him always bending to her every whim, we all know the famous, "As you wish..." There are some very outstanding differences between the book and the movie though, they kiss and they plan to be wed. But Wesley wants to earn money for his family and wife so he got on a ship and sailed away, he said he would send word as soon as possible. Then when he had enough he would send her a ticket to come be with him. Then he was gone. Buttercup then recived word that the ship he ...