Princess Bride, The: Westley (Cary Elwes)

Comments for death : Princess Bride, The: Westley (Cary Elwes).

??? Westley does not die of old age

Six-fingers said he would take so-and-so years off his life.

The torture machine removes "years of life" from the victims. So, if you go by this theory, Westley did die of old age... in a somewhat forced manner!

However, that may be getting a little too technical.

This is definitely "old age" - whether the final death was due to aging or pain doesn't matter, the machine does cause aging and Westley does experience that effect.

The actual line isn't really a non sequitur:

"You truly love each other, and so you might have been truly happy. Not one couple in a century has that chance, no matter what the storybooks say. And so I think no man in a century will suffer as greatly as you will."

Dubious. As Miracle Max says: "Look who knows so much. Well, it just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead."

I'm not so sure about this one.

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As Miracle Max says: "Look who knows so much. Well, it just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead."

However, Miracle Max is quite evidently a few clowns short of a circus, so his opinion shouldn't be taken too seriously