The Princess Bride Themes
Love
We're sure you've been out in public and seen two people so in love they can't keep their hands off each other. You tell them to get a room, but you have the impression they're not listening all th...
Betrayal
If the most prevalent theme in The Princess Bride is love, then a close second is betrayal. Which shouldn't be a shocker. Love and betrayal often go hand-in-hand. If you've ever dated anyone for mo...
Friendship
What's a story about love without some ironclad friendships to go along with the kissy stuff? There are all different kinds of love, of course, and maybe none stronger than the bonds between two pe...
Revenge
We've always gotten the impression that revenge isn't necessarily a good thing. But in The Princess Bride, it's all the good guys who are out to get some of it. Hm. Maybe we need to rethink the mat...
Courage
Fortunately for all of us, our daily routines do not consist of encounters with screeching, sharp-toothed sea life, massive rat creatures or machines that suck years of our life away (cell phones n...