The Princess Bride

1.What is ironic about Fezzik's ability to fight?
It is ironic that Fezzik is a great fighter, but he hates fighting.

2.What is Fezzik's greatest fear?
Fezzik's greatest fear is being alone forever.

3.What do Fezzik and Inigo have in common?
Both Fezzik and Inigo both fear of being alone and they are both talented fighters. They also, both got defeated by the man in black.

4.Why does the man in black not kill them?
The man in black doesn’t kill Fezzik and Inigo, because they both are very talented.

5.How is Vizzini more dangerous that the other two?
Both Fezzik and Inigo are dangerous physically, but Vizzini is smart, and being smart is more dangerous that being dangerous physically.

6.Explain the quote “Never get involved in a land war in Asia”.
The quote “Never get involved in a land war in Asia”, means that Asia has a lot of land, and you would lose if you ever tried to fight there.

7.What is ironic about the man in black's test with the iocane powder? What type of irony is this?
It is ironic that both cups had iocane powder in them. Vizzini tried to trick the man in black by switching their glasses, not knowing that both of the glasses had iocane powder in them. This is known as situational irony.

8.What is Vizzini's fatal flaw?
Vizzini's fatal flaw, is that he is to cocky about his intelligence, which caused him his own death.

9.In the early part of the story Buttercup’s kidnappers are known only as the Spaniard, the Turk, and the Sicilian. But as each of these men prepares to battle the man in black, the reader learns the kidnapper's name, his history, and how he became a part of “the most effective criminal organization in the civilized world”. How does this affect our reading of the subsequent battle scenes?
This affects our reading of the subsequent battle scene, because we know the kidnapper's