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The Princess Bride Character Conflicts #TT

I’ve activated the wayback machine to take us to September 18, 2013 to revisit The Princess Bride Character Conflicts.  Continue reading

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The Princess Bride Character Goals #TT

The fantastic book and movie, “The Princess Bride” provided a rich history of its characters’ motivation.
All characters need a goal, and “The Princess Bride” is no exception.  Let’s explore further: Continue reading

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The Princess Bride Character Motivation

The Princess Bride has a little bit of everything.  Fencing.  Fighting.  Torture. Poison. True Love, etc. It also has Motivation, Goals and Conflict (especially conflict.) In my mind, Motivation is the most important of the three.  A man can have a goal of climbing Mt. Everest or landing a sailfish in the Caribbean, but until…

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