Princess+Bride+(1987)

Summary of //The Princess Bride//:

Westley and Buttercup are both poor but deeply in love. Everything seems perfect in their humble lives until Westley goes off to see to seek his fortune. Buttercup receives the new that Westley has been killed by pirates and goes into deep mourning. However, the prince of the kingdom, Humperdink, sees Buttercup and is captivated by her beauty. He convinces the grieving woman to marry him. However, before the wedding, Buttercup is kidnapped by three thieves. All seems lost until she is rescued by a mysterious stranger. This masked man turns out to be her beloved Westley. The reunion is short, though, as the jealous Humperdink “kills” Westley. With the aid of two unexpected sidekicks, Westley storms the castle and rescues Buttercup from the evil Humperdink. They ride off in to the sunset and live happily ever after.

Which //Princess Bride// character are you?

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The Seven Character Types of Vladimir Propp

 * 1) The villain—struggles against the hero
 * 2) The donor—prepares the hero or gives the hero some magical object
 * 3) The (magical) helper—helps the hero in the quest
 * 4) The princess and her father—gives the task to the hero, identifies the false hero, marries the hero, often sought for during the narrative. Propp noted that functionally, the princess and the father can not be clearly distinguished
 * 5) The dispatcher—character who makes the lack known and sends the hero off.
 * 6) The hero or victim/seeker hero—reacts to the donor, weds the princess
 * 7) False hero—takes credit for the hero’s actions or tries to marry the princess.

Costuming http://www.moviescreenshots.blogspot.com/2009/03/princess-bride-1987.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/mediaindex