![]() ![]() Westley and Buttercup’s “true love” is, biblically, not true love. Westley is irritable and resentful toward Buttercup, goes so far in insisting on his own way as to physically force her into it, and rejoices in his mistreatment of her, all the while reproaching her as the one who needs reminding about the nature of “true love”. 2 Buttercup is arrogant and rude to Westley to the degree that her favorite pastimes include “tormenting” him yet she “realized that she truly loved him”. In real life, and defined by scripture, love is patient and kind, does not envy, boast, insist on its own way or rejoice at wrongdoing, and is not arrogant, rude, irritable or resentful. The Princess Bride has a pervasive theme of “true love” as a rare and mystical force, but severely perverts biblically-defined love. When Inigo’s revenge is complete, Westley recommends piracy as a new life mission. None of the positively-portrayed characters repent of any of their crimes. Even still, The Princess Bride portrays criminals as victims of poverty and social prejudice who, despite their persistent, purely voluntary involvement in crime, are basically good people. Both of them express their absolute unwillingness to stop working for Vizzini, then or afterward. Westley holds them “in the highest respect.”įezzik and Inigo participate in the kidnapping of Buttercup, knowing their leader Vizzini plans to kill her. Their attempts to end an innocent man’s life are played as comic relief. ![]() ![]() The giant Fezzik is, likewise, nothing but a friendly hit man, who tries to kill an innocent man to avoid losing his job. This is an extreme form of relativism, hypocrisy and moral perversion. 1 Both men are ethically guilty of homicide first degree. Inigo, however, is himself a murderer, who kills for money. This is presented as a noble and heroic pursuit. The Spaniard Inigo is portrayed as having dedicated his life to the pursuit of revenge against a bad murderer, who killed for money. In a ludicrous exchange, his lover Buttercup explains to the prince who captured him that Westley is a pirate, and begs the prince to return him to his pirate ship, as if piracy was viewed as a legitimate profession. He freely admits, “I kill a lot of people,” and says that his change of name was important “for inspiring the necessary fear”, because “no one would surrender” to him otherwise. Main character Westley claims “with pride” to be a pirate, and a friend and leader of other pirates “who never left captives alive”. The Princess Bride portrays piracy, theft, kidnapping and murder as acceptable, heroic or even funny, as long as they are committed by someone with charm. Strong Pervasive Moral Confusion Including Positively-Portrayed Suicide ![]() Half of The Princess Bride’s appeal is frankly unaccountable, half of it is the immorality itself, and combined they make a wholly and pointlessly depraved feature film. The Princess Bride is the surprisingly immoral cult classic comedy about a pirate, two hit men and a snake oil salesman on a fateful quest for the hit man’s personal vengeance and the restoration of the jealous and at times abusive pirate’s relationship with his suicidal princess. For: strong pervasive moral confusion including positively-portrayed suicide, physical abuse, and brief necromancy ![]()
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