![]() While she does not like the idea of marrying the prince, she does still enjoy riding her horse. Although she does not love him and tells him so, Humperdinck pushes forward with the wedding, assuring her that, with time, she will come to love him. In the end, she decides that, while she may live on, she will never love again.įive years later, Buttercup is forced to become betrothed to Prince Humperdinck. Devastated, Buttercup shuts herself away in her room, forgoing sleep and food. When Westley goes away to find his fortune, his ship is attacked by the Dread Pirate Roberts, and the story gets back to Buttercup that her love has been killed by the fearsome pirate. Westley would reply, "As you wish." Over time, she realizes that when Westley says "As you wish" he is really saying "I love you," and realizes that she loves him, too. ![]() When Westley works on her family's farm, Buttercup refers to him only as "farm boy" and loves to order him around. She was portrayed by Robin Wright, who also plays General Antiope in Wonder Woman, and Jenny Curran in Forrest Gump. She is the true love of the story's hero, Westley, who is also unhappily engaged to the story's villain, Prince Humperdinck. Princess Buttercup is the titular deuteragonist of The Princess Bride. ~ Buttercup confronting Prince Humperdinck And when I say you are a coward, it is only because you are the slimiest weakling ever to walk the Earth! And you cannot track that, not with a thousand bloodhounds, and you cannot break it, not with a thousand swords. ![]() Westley and I are joined by the bonds of love. ![]()
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