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The Princess Bride - Week 6
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Minute 36
Princess bartering
Claims prince can track anyone
Bubbling feistiness
Man in black counters
Questions her dearest love’s skill
Has been misinformed
Frustrated princess
Steely determination
Not in love with prince
Masked man accuses
“Are not capable of love”
Emotions flaring
Buttercup has loved
Deeper than someone like him
A filthy killer
Feigning a backhand
Masked man warns against lying
Grabs her wrist and runs
Minute 37
Princely detective
Roots out Vizzini’s demise
Princess might still live
Princess is fed up
Calls out captor by real name
Dread Pirate Roberts
Animosity
Venom spewed from royal lips
For killing her love
Pirate can’t deny
Possibly killing her love
The job demands it
Minute 38
Princess describes love
Farmboy, dreamy eyes, now dead
Roberts cares little
A heated exchange
Pirate mocks Buttercup’s pain
Inconsiderate
Man in black recalls
The farmboy’s early demise
One word stands out: please
Minute 39
Why should farmboy live?
True love is waiting for him
A beautiful girl
Roberts destroyed him
Kept him from discovering
Buttercup’s true self
When she heard the news
Of her true love’s death at sea
Princess died inside
Rage of broken heart
Pirate distracted by Prince
Violently shoved
As Roberts tumbles
Utterance of “As you wish”
Mistake realized
Minute 40
Sliding to a stop
Buttercup and Westley lie
On the ravine floor
Prince is never wrong
Determines couple’s heading
The dreaded fire swamp
Relieved reunion
Admonishing monologue
“Why didn’t you wait?”
Minute 41
Tale interrupted
Grandson abhors kissing parts
Ready for fire swamp
Reunited pair
Race headlong into fire swamp
Yoda’s summer home
Minute 42
Mossy surroundings
Ominous creatures calling
Bereft of sunlight
Incredulous words
Westley admires foliage
Princess not amused
Popping noises heard
Surprise flame ignites her dress
Chivalrous Westley
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