The randfather telling the story stated that he had edited out all of the parts of the story that were ‘good’ meaning that reading a story inspires one to create. The birth Westlefs character is that of the archetypical hero with a slight hint of a rebel as shown as they try to take back the princess from the prince’s castle. Westley was neither child of divine or royal parentange but a mere farm boy. This works to inspire future generations that one does not need to be blessed with intellect or power but that one can earn it through hard work and determination.
The mask is an ingenious device used for deception and suspense. Despite being clich©, it layers elements of realism and suspense into the story. The quest Despite the outwardly appearance of a typical princess rescue story, the plot twists and changes throwing us off balance reminding us how life is not perfect as well as to prepare ourselves for silliness and tangents from the characters. Even so the story follows a typical storyline where the damsel in distress is captured by a group of villains who kidnap her while the real villain hides in the shadows ready to strike after the hero makes his debut.
The call to adventure was made known when Princess Buttercup got kidnapped by he villains who wanted to start a war between two nations. Strangely enough a lot of the action from the main character is seen of screen as he set sail for piracy and inherited the name the dread pirate Roberts. It should be known that the name is nothing more than a mask to create the illusion of a demon to strike terror into the hearts of all. To compensate for the mediocre battle between the Spaniard and Westley the ‘Dragon battle’ scene was amusing as shown when they two strike up a casual conversation despite being enemies.
This was a test of battle prowess while the battle later with the giant was a test of strength. This foreshadows the fact that the antagonist now may turn into a ‘helper later. It should be noted that the main antagonist switches when Vinzzini loses to Westley in a test of intellect. These tests were designed to be suspenseful for the watcher as well as a debut for the protagonist. Westley is dismembered, and crucified later by Count Rugen a mad scientist archetype when he loses to the prince Humperdinck in a battle of numbers.
Fezzik and Inigo Montoya helpers of Westley manage to presuad a parody of a magician archetype named Max the miracle maker manages to save Westley with impure motives of vengeance in mind. This effectively ymbolizes human nature as we always have an ulterior reason for helping someone. Everyone loves miracles but no one cares about reason so Westley was resurrected. A clich© but extremely effective idea called the apotheosis theme was absent from the monomyth.
Handicapped with an incomplete resurrection that hinders his physical prowess, Westley is forced to use his intellect to storm the castle, save the princess as well as killing count Rugen. The final battle was done in a creative and explicit way with a mediocre battle sequence between the Inigo Montoya combined with a bluff by Westley to trick Humpderdink into submitting to him hile in his lesser form. Along with the Meme line “My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father. Prepare to die”. This layers elements of suspense, action, comedy and romance into the story, an elegant balance between of the key elements.
The destiny The destiny of the struggle is short and predicTABLE with the Buttercup being the boon to Westleys quest. Many of the better stories have an outcome that’s unpredicTABLE yet logical and cohesive with both desirTABLE and undesired results. The emotional aspect of a story is a crucial one for success and one that this story fails to execute to a substantial extent. An example of his would be Heracles’s death and resurrection as a god. They live happily ever after’ leave us on a cliffhanger, but also a conclusive ending as it allows us to use our imaginations visualize the future events in the endless stream of time.
The end of one story leads to the beginning of another. The romance The element of love isn’t played very strongly in this story for there was no depth to it. Prince Humperdinck was a flat cowardly character with no ability and easily ridiculed named compared to Westley who was intelligent, strong and skilled. It was a clich© battle of two men over a woman, a bit simplistic ith a very predicTABLE outcome with protagonist prevailing. Many other stories have complicated live triangles and love squares with many variTABLEs such as appearance, personality, determination and strength to determine the victor.
An example would be Heracles, as Heracles kills his own beloved children when he is struck by madness by Hera’s spell due to her resentment for him. This example shows the unpredictability of the future and imperfection of life as opposed to love conquers all. Analysis and conclusion What this story lacks is the ability to transcend above and present a unique, riginal idea or element or even an existing element and display it in a different perspective. A good example of the Latter would be the manga Bleach where the main character can see ghosts but they are portrayed to be friendly as oppose to the scary stereotype they are associated with.
The drama was mediocre at best despite the amusing comedy scenes, the scenery was unrealistic, and the antagonists were horrendously flat for we know nothing of their past, motivations, experiences, friends, emotions at any time. The best antagonists are the ones that rival or even transcend the protagonist in terms of depth. An example of this would be Darth Vader from Star Wars. Though the talkative characters were an asset to the comedy, it let little room for mystery which plays a key role in suspense.
It’s important to have a delicate balance between comedy, suspense, action and romance. It should be noted that many key elements of narrative such as suspense, emotional impact, and surprise, the unwavering determination Of characters, unbreakTABLE bonds, apotheosis and foiling personas could have more depth to them. The best stories have characters both protagonists and antagonists with motivations and emotions that we can sympathize and relate too, as well s amusing foils characters that can play off each other effectively and star players that we can strive towards.
