Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Max meets his wife's fury with a spooked insult, and the film pays it off at once with her flat 'I'm not a witch, I'm your wife'. It is a married-couple squabble played at full volume while a man lies dying, which is exactly the tone the film loves. Fans quote it when someone storms into a room in a rage, and the 'witch' retort is the half of the joke people usually remember.
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In context
Spoilers for The Princess BrideShow the scene
Westley lies mostly dead, and Inigo and Fezzik have carried him to Miracle Max, a miracle worker the villainous Prince Humperdinck has fired. Max prods the body and demands to know what could possibly be worth living for; Westley manages only "true love." Max rambles about sandwiches and starts to say Westley must have been bluffing at cards, until his wife Valerie bursts in from offstage, shouting "Liar!" Max recoils and snaps "Get back, witch!" She shoots back that she is his wife. The couple's row spills over into the question of why Max lost his job.
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- Wikiquote: The Princess Bride (film), scene "True love, to blave, and an M.L.T. sandwich"section: True love, to blave, and an M.L.T. sandwichReference checked
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