Tristan and Isolde

The ultimate love story….a romance, a tragedy, and the

original love triangle

Tristan

IsoldeIrish Princess

King Mark (of Lyonnesse)

Uncle and father figure to

Tristan

In love with Isolde

Tristan and Isolde(Tristam and Iseult [Yseult])

Mark loves Isolde and sends Tristan to get her from Ireland

On the way back to Cornwall, Tristan and

Isolde drink a magic potion

that makes them fall in love

Mark finds out, imprisons Tristan, and moves Isolde to a leper colony.

Tristan escapes, rescues Isolde, and is wounded by Mark’s poisoned lance

Tristan remarries another Isolde

It is an unhappyMarriage becauseHe still loves his true love

Tristan sends for his true love, Isolde, to help him recover

White sails mean she’s onboard, black sails mean she’s not.

His new wife is jealous and tricks Tristan.

Tristan dies of heartache because he thinks Isolde abandoned him

Isolde dies of heartache as a result of Tristan’s death

Trees growing together from their graves

SYMBOLISM

The ironic deaths at the end make this story a tragedy

So which of the three love triangles do you like the most?