In the land of Florin, where The Princess Bride is set, there is a pretty big difference between the royals and the commoners. It's so great, in fact, that Prince Humperdinck will avoid walking among commoners whenever he possibly can. That's why it's strange that he would actually decide to marry one of them, though then again, Buttercup is very beautiful. Humperdinck isn't the only one too big for his britches based on his birth status, though, and Buttercup is initially blind to Westley's merits because he's a lowly farmhand. We also have our trusty band of outsiders—Fezzik, Inigo, and Vizzini—who eventually form a crew of rebels with Westley.
The further into the story we get the more you realize that Westley and Buttercup were meant to be but we think that Wesley is dead. The more we read the book we see that he isn’t dead. I think one of the main themes is that true love does exist no matter what. They fought through everything they had to be there with true love.…show more content… I on the other hand believe true love does exist. If you are really in love with someone you will fight to be with them much live Buttercup does to find Westley and to be able to be with him. Even though she agrees to marry Prince Humperdinck as he needs to wed before his dad dies. She tells him from the beginning that there is no way she will ever love him like she loved Westley. Buttercup was very honest with the prince and even as she didn’t follow the princes rules as she walked among the commoners she got
