tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875292.post111094798633802493..comments2010-10-06T18:20:04.681-07:00Fr. Justin (Edward)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02552984147798120208noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875292.post-35630832839862719262010-10-06T18:20:04.681-07:002010-10-06T18:20:04.681-07:00Dear Mr. Hewlett,<br />I loved your essay. I am a 10th grader and I have to bring in a movie with religious meanings. I really wanted to do the &quot;Princess Bride&quot; because a lot of my classmates have not seen it and it is my favorite movie. I was having a hard time making connections though and your essay really helped! <br />Thank you so much you did a great job with this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875292.post-49830018179196811592010-04-06T20:55:51.201-07:002010-04-06T20:55:51.201-07:00Nice analysis.<br /><br />In the book Westley lapses back into death, a moment of anti-myth (where myth is truth in story and Christ is True Myth). I like that Hollywood removed the last page from the book to give the story back the Mediaeval elements of myth that Goldman used for the rest of the book.V and Ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13065509512912860551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875292.post-27381552852622370802009-01-12T18:44:00.000-08:002009-01-12T18:44:00.000-08:00Facebook recently informed me Princess Bride is the 80s movie that most defines me, and after reading this, that silly little quiz result makes a whole lot more sense!Laser and Swordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14573388460474236449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875292.post-60396306985914352662008-11-12T13:31:00.000-08:002008-11-12T13:31:00.000-08:00Just to let you know you did an amazing job on the literary essay that you wrote about "The Princess Bride." I like how you compared us to the Bride of Christ, and how even when we sin he loves just the same.<BR/><BR/>ShaylaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875292.post-66856785406404682622008-11-12T13:24:00.000-08:002008-11-12T13:24:00.000-08:00Mr. Hewlett,<BR/> I enjoyed reading your essay on all of the Christian parallels in the movie "The Pricess Bride". If you wouldn't have writtten this paper, I never, probably, would have noticed them. The Bride of Christ was the best parallel that I saw in this essay.<BR/><BR/>MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875292.post-63853614170872429942008-11-12T13:13:00.000-08:002008-11-12T13:13:00.000-08:00Dear Mr. Hewlett,<BR/>In your writing I learned many things. I also found many parallels to the Bible and Christianity such as when Humperdinck wanted to marry the princess just to kill her. I believe that has a major parallel to how the devil tries to use us to fight God,and once he is done with us,if we aren't already dead, he will try to kill us,or if we are saved, will try to kill our testimony for God. I also like the parallel of Buttercup waiting for the "Coming One" refering to Wesley in the story, but Jesus in reality. We as Christians are Buttercup, and Jesus in reality is the "Coming One". We are waiting for Jesus. Thanks again... RobertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875292.post-531787002112341072008-11-12T12:38:00.000-08:002008-11-12T12:38:00.000-08:00Dear Mr. Hewlett,<BR/><BR/>Hello, my name is Danny and I am in the 11th grade at a Christian school. In our speech and drama class we have been studying religious themes in movies and plays. My wonderful drama teacher came across your essay over "The Princess Bride" on the internet. She printed off several copies for us to look over. I had never seen or read "The Princess Bride," but have heard many thoughts and comments over it. What we did was watch the movie, then pause it at different points and read over your essay. I would have never interpreted the movie the way you did. I wonder if the author of the book/movie meant for it to be interpreted that way. We researched him and found out that he was Jewish. Then I came up with the possibility that maybe he was forced to be a Jew, but really wanted to be Christian. So what he did was conceal religious themes in the movie to show that he was a Christian and proclaim it without his parents knowing, even though we should be strong and proclaim our faith to everyone. Then another girl came up with the idea that when Wesley and Buttercup were talking about the marrage between the prince and her. Then Wesley asked her is she said,"I do" and she responded,"We skipped that part." The girl said that this was kind of like the devil tempting us and if we reject it then it is not really a sin. I just want to say thank you for all your hard work and I hope that we all can find religious themes like you do and show them to others. Once again thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875292.post-91800129538357016662008-11-12T12:25:00.000-08:002008-11-12T12:25:00.000-08:00Our drama class watched "The Princess Bride" and we also read your analysis over this movie. It was very interesting to see how much of the movie I missed because our family only watched it once. It was also interesting to read your work and see the similarities between the Christian belief and "The Princess Bride." You are very intelligent in the way of looking at a movie like "The Princess Bride" with killings, and other bad things that are in it, comparing Christian beliefs and making valid points. It seems that this movie was based on the Bible. <BR/>Thank you for putting your hard work in this and helping my class get more out of the movie.<BR/><BR/>KameronAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com