<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise . (October 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise . (October 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In a Renaissance - era world, a beautiful young woman named Buttercup lives on a farm in the country of Florin . She delights in verbally abusing the farm hand Westley, whom she addresses as "farm boy", by demanding that he perform chores for her . Westley's response to her demands is always "As you wish ." She eventually realizes that what he is really saying is, "I love you ." After Buttercup realizes, as well, that she truly and strongly loves him and confesses her strong romantic feelings, Westley leaves to seek his fortune so they can marry . Buttercup later receives word that the Dread Pirate Roberts, who is notorious for killing all those whose vessels he boards, attacked his ship at sea . Believing Westley dead, Buttercup sinks into abject despair, declaring, "I will never love again ." Some time later, she reluctantly agrees to marry Prince Humperdinck, heir to the throne of Florin, due to a law allowing the prince to choose any unmarried woman as his bride, though she makes it clear that she does not love him . </P> <P> Before the wedding, a trio of outlaws--the Sicilian criminal genius Vizzini, the Spanish fencing master Inigo Montoya, and the enormous and mighty Turkish wrestler Fezzik--kidnap Buttercup . A masked man in black follows them across the sea and up the Cliffs of Insanity, whereupon Vizzini orders Inigo to stop him . Before the man in black reaches the top of the cliff, a flashback of Inigo's past reveals that he is seeking revenge on a six - fingered man who killed his father . When the man in black arrives, Inigo arranges a fair fight, allowing his opponent to rest before the duel . The man in black wins the duel, but out of respect, he leaves the Spaniard alive . Stunned, Vizzini orders Fezzik to kill the man in black . Another flashback occurs detailing Fezzik's history of reluctant fighting matches since childhood . His conscience compelling him, Fezzik throws a rock as a warning and challenges the man to a wrestling match . The man in black accepts the challenge and chokes Fezzik until the giant blacks out . He then catches up with Vizzini and proposes a battle of wits, guessing which cup of wine is poisoned with iocaine powder . They drink, and the man in black reveals that both cups were poisoned, but he had cultivated an immunity to iocaine powder . Vizzini dies . </P>

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