The Princess Bride Character Analysis

In “The Princess Bride” film, there are lots of characters that represent different archetypes and effects the hero's journey differently. Various characters such as: Wesley, Buttercup, Prince Humperdink, and Fezzik fall into the archetypes category of: The Hero, Damsel In Distress, The Evil Adversary, and The Friendly Beast; each of these characters effect/influence Wesley’s journey.
Buttercup is a huge influence during Wesley’s journey because she has to be rescued by him throughout the time of his journey. Buttercup represents the archetype as “Damsel In Distress” because she is being fought over partly just due to the fact that she is beautiful. Before Wesley’s journey to go out on the ship to find fortune in America, he is deeply in
Fezzik’s archetype in the story, would be The Friendly Beast. I give him this archetype because at the beginning of the story he seems very creepy and cruel. However, later on in the film we find out that Fezzik is the exact opposite of being scary, he is just looked at that way because of his first appearance. Fezzik played such a big role because in the end he saves Wesley from dying. If it were not for Fezzik, chances are Wesley would not have survived due to the fact that he is very hurt, in pain, and in critical condition because of what Prince Humperdink does to him.
In the end all of these characters played very big roles in the film and it all goes together at the end to make the perfect ending. In “The Princess Bride” film, there are lots of characters that represent different archetypes and effect the hero's journey differently. Various characters such as: Wesley, Buttercup, Prince Humperdink, and Fezzik represent archetypes like: The Hero, Damsel In Distress, Evil Adversary, and The Friendly Beast; each of these characters effect/influence Wesley’s (the hero's) journey in different