In todays episode I discuss chapters 1-4 of "The Princess Bride". I collaborated with Magnus Cave, one of my classmates. We answered the following questions:

1) Goldman utilizes a frame narrative for telling this story. Why do you think he made this choice? How do you feel about the commentary? How does it affect the text? Why do you think he chose to use a fictional "pre-existing" text as part of his frame? As there is not really a S. Morgenstern and he wrote the whole thing himself, why would he choose this structure?

2) Many say that "The Princess Bride" reads similarly to a fairy tale. How is this so? How is it different from a fairy tail? What scene is most like a fairy tale thus far? Why would the author make this choice; what does it add to the story?