Study Guide

The Princess Bride Characters

By William Goldman

One of the first things we hear about Buttercup is that she is one of the most beautiful women in...

When we first meet Westley, he's nothing more than a handsome young farmhand who works for...

In a surprise move, the author William Goldman includes himself as a character in The Princess...

Inigo Montoya is the walking definition of a man with a mission. And that mission is to kill the...

The first thing you need to know about Fezzik is that he's an absolutely huge dude, and the...

If you need to associate Prince Humperdinck with a basic human trait, then that trait is...

We don't know it at first, but Count Rugen is actually the dude who killed Inigo Montoya's...

Vizzini is basically a smart aleck. He's really proud of his brains in the same way that Inigo is...

This guy is only in this book for one scene, but he makes quite an impression. After all, the...