# The Princess Bride

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride/618968>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 16, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride/618968 "2012-04-16T17:08:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-princess-bride/618968/41 "2012-04-19T15:51:09Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> Of course, smart or stupid makes no difference here; the story, book or movie, doesn’t give Buttercup very many chances to actually do anything or make any decisions; she is simply a prize to be won or a thing to be used – either way, simply tossed about by events.
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> Which is precisely the **job** of a fairy-tale princess, **Sister.**

Oh I understand completely, but misunderstanding the meanings of words, and Westley not even correcting her, just looking at her like “aww bless your heart” takes it quite a little too far for me. Back then (whenever “then” was), it was the norm for women to essentially not have any control over her own life. But how can he love someone so incredibly dumb?

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