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Tristan and Iseult
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Tristan and Iseult (their names have variations, like Tristram and Isolde) is a medieval Chivalric Romance of two Star-Crossed Lovers, set within the wider Arthurian Legend: Tristan, a Cornish knight and minstrel; and Isolde, an Irish princess, who both lived in the days of King Arthur of Britain. Tristan was tasked to escort Isolde to marry his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall. Along the journey, however, they both drink a Love Potion, which starts an illicit romance, with very tragic results.The story has been retold by many different authors. Though from the beginning the setting was tangentially Arthurian, versions based on the 13th century Prose Tristan make Tristan one of the knights of the Round Table at King Arthur's court. Before this, prototypes of Tristan, Iseult and Mark appeared both separately and associated with each other in early Arthurian stories, though the overall picture at this stage is fragmentary - one story of which may be an early version of the affair where everyone lives. The version as told by Gottfried von Strassburg became the basis of an opera by Richard Wagner. There have also been a few novelistic and cinematic treatments like the film Tristan and Isolde. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_14a8974a | type |
Love Potion | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_14a8974a | comment |
Love Potion: One is prepared for Iseult to make her Arranged Marriage to Mark work out. Tristan and Iseult end up drinking that potion, leading to total disaster. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_1be134d0 | type |
Chaste Separating Sword | |
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Chaste Separating Sword: Iseult is married to King Mark, but she's run away with her Star Crossed Lover Tristan into the Forest of Morrois. They are suspected — rightfully — of an affair, and they have been having sex. But when they're about to go to sleep and there's a chance they may be found during the night, Tristan Invokes this: He lays his sword between them so they appear chaste. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_20f689e9 | type |
Adaptational Villainy | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_20f689e9 | comment |
Adaptational Villainy: King Mark is hit hard with this in later adaptations of the story to the point he kills Tristan himself. This characterization was meant to contrast him with King Arthur. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_216ff5ed | type |
Moses in the Bulrushes | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_216ff5ed | comment |
Moses in the Bulrushes: Tristan, poisoned during his duel against Morholt, is sent on a craft without oars or sail in hopes of happening onto someone who can cure him; said person happens to be Iseult, who turns out to be Morholt's niece. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_2a02e5c9 | type |
Guile Hero | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_2a02e5c9 | comment |
Guile Hero: Tristan, though he's very good with a sword. Isolde as well, for engineering one massive deception involving swearing under oath and holy relics. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_2e206837 | type |
Bed Trick | |
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Bed Trick: Brangaine switches places with Isolde in King Mark's bed to hide the fact that her mistress is no longer a virgin. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_34dcfc96 | type |
Kick the Dog | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_34dcfc96 | comment |
Kick the Dog: Tristan manages to convince a neighboring king to part with a prized "fey dog" whose fur changed color and wore a magic bell. The net effect is to act as a Care-Bear Stare that can cheer up anyone, which was for the king his sole comfort. So Tristan gives it to Iseult to help console her during his absences. The little dog comforts her... and she kills it, because she prefers to be in anguish over his absence than have a moment's comfort. Note that in some versions it's just the chime of the bell that will bring one happiness—Iseult throws the bell into the sea for the above-mentioned reason but keeps the dog as a reminder of her beloved. Mark also gets a rather literal one: after Tristan and Iseult have run off together, he tries to hang Tristan's dog. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_3bc88a7f | type |
Foregone Conclusion | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_3bc88a7f | comment |
Foregone Conclusion: Gottfried von Strassburg's retelling of the story states outright that Tristan and Iseult the Fair will die in the end. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_424d15ad | type |
Love Hurts | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_424d15ad | comment |
Love Hurts: Love and the pains that come with it is a central theme this story. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_4523420b | type |
Love Dodecahedron | |
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Although, include secondary characters in amorous pursuit of one or the other eponymous characters such as Iseult White Hands, Palomides, Bellise, a Steward, Karhedins, and you have yourself a Love Dodecahedron. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_60b21fa3 | type |
The Lancer | |
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The Lancer: Dinadan often acts as this for Tristan. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_6205f4e5 | type |
Courtly Love | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_6205f4e5 | comment |
Courtly Love: The story has the characteristics of the genre, such as Tristan doing valorous deeds to win the affections of Iseult, an adulterous affair with Iseult when she is married to Mark, love being a central theme... | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_634a2ff9 | type |
Sue Donym | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_634a2ff9 | comment |
Sue Donym: When Tristan first introduces himself to Queen Iseult and Iseult the Fair, he uses the name "Tantris". They do not take it well when they find out who he really is. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: Tristan's name is explained in-story as derived from the French "triste", meaning "sad" or "sorrowful". In reality, it's derived from the Pictish name "Drystan" (Latinized "Drustanus"), meaning "tumult", but Tristan's name is meaningful either way. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_7aaa865a | type |
After-Action Healing Drama | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_7aaa865a | comment |
After-Action Healing Drama: Tristan is bedridden from Morholt's poisoned spear, and nobody in the court can figure out an antidote. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_7efe2c19 | type |
Portmanteau | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_7efe2c19 | comment |
Portmanteau: Iseult's brother Alcardo renames himself Lantris after the two greatest knights in the world, Tristan and Lancelot. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_80621707 | type |
Arranged Marriage | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_80621707 | comment |
Arranged Marriage: A political marriage is arranged for a young Irish princess Iseult and an old Cornish king Mark. This gets complicated to the point of disaster when Tristan and Isolde drink the love potion by accident, thinking they are drinking wine, and fall in love with each other. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_86b21114 | type |
Badass Boast | |
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Badass Boast: When Tristan goes to face Morholt on an island, he lets his boat float off and says "one of us only will go hence alive, one boat will serve". | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_89434320 | type |
Protagonist-Centered Morality | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_89434320 | comment |
Protagonist-Centered Morality: Tristan and Isolde are guilty of horrible crimes by Medieval standards—sleeping with the king's wife is a blatant case of treason. Yet it is the barons of King Mark who correctly suspect the adultery, whom the narrator refers to as "traitors"—all because they are loyal to their king and try to catch the protagonists for a crime they did and continue to do. Also, then the "traitors" demand that Isolde go through an ordeal to prove her innocence. She avoids lying by a clever technicality (Exact Words), and God himself covers for her by miraculously letting her hold red-hot iron without hurting her hands. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_8d0785d5 | type |
Didn't Think This Through | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_8d0785d5 | comment |
Didn't Think This Through: One version has Mark and Tristan agree to let King Arthur judge their case (Mark knowing that Tristan only ran off with Iseult because he accidentally drank a Love Potion meant for her) and abide by his decision. Arthur's solution is to let each man have her part of the year, one when the trees have green leaves (i.e. spring and summer) and the other in fall and winter. Mark goes first and chooses the latter... only for Iseult to scream with joy because pines have green leaves all year, meaning she'll stay with Tristan all year. Bound by the terms of the judgement, Mark lets them go. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_91652846 | type |
Hero-Worshipper | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_91652846 | comment |
Hero-Worshipper: Fairly standard version given to Tristan by his squire Curvenal. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_a1b141f4 | type |
My God, What Have I Done? | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_a1b141f4 | comment |
My God, What Have I Done?: In some versions of the story, like Ulrich von Türheim's completion of Gottfried von Strassburg's version, King Mark learns that Tristan and Iseult's love for one another came from drinking the love potion. He realises that he went after Tristan through no fault of his own and comes to regret his actions. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_a6fc3fd7 | type |
Matchmaker Crush | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_a6fc3fd7 | comment |
Matchmaker Crush: Hearing of Iseult's revulsion for King Mark of Cornwall, Tristan acquires a love potion with the best intentions he intends to use on her to make her fall in love with Mark. But she deftly ensures Tristan drinks it so he falls in love with her. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: Brangane, Iseult's lady-in-waiting, has this reaction when she sees Tristan and Iseult drinking the love potion, and both of them think they are drinking wine. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_b1dde8fd | type |
Loophole Abuse | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_b1dde8fd | comment |
Loophole Abuse: One version has King Arthur decide Iseult will be with Tristan when the trees bear leaves and with Mark when they don't (i.e. winter). Iseult then joyfully remembers the existence of evergreens. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_b352e864 | type |
Sexless Marriage | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_b352e864 | comment |
Sexless Marriage: Tristan's marriage to Iseult of the White Hands amounts to this essentially, not helped by him being preoccupied with Iseult the Fair the entire time. Iseult of the White Hands is not happy about his unwillingness to consummate their marriage. Later, she was riding her horse when it accidentally stepped into a puddle, splashing water into her robes and up to her groin. She then remarks how even that water is bolder than Tristan is because it touched her there while Tristan did not. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_b4c406a6 | type |
Death by Despair | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_b4c406a6 | comment |
Death by Despair: Iseult doesn't live long past Tristan's death. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_b7e0c5ff | type |
Love Triangle | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_b7e0c5ff | comment |
Love Triangle: Fairly standard—Tristan, Iseult, his uncle. Although, include secondary characters in amorous pursuit of one or the other eponymous characters such as Iseult White Hands, Palomides, Bellise, a Steward, Karhedins, and you have yourself a Love Dodecahedron. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_b8ab7dc4 | type |
Treacherous Advisor | |
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Treacherous Advisor: The three nobles who are jealous of Tristan. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_b97c1d0b | type |
Standard Hero Reward | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_b97c1d0b | comment |
Standard Hero Reward: The King of Ireland offers his daughter, Iseult, in marriage to whoever saves his kingdom from a dragon. Tristan slays the dragon, but unusually, he does so not to win the princess for himself but for his uncle King Mark. Only after winning her hand and bringing her back to his uncle does Tristan fall for Iseult, and she for him, and tragedy ensues. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_d001c42c | type |
Anti-Villain | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_d001c42c | comment |
Anti-Villain: As sympathetic as Tristan and Isolde are portrayed, some versions of the story, like Gottfried von Strassburg's, also portray King Mark as an otherwise good man. When he eventually discovers that his wife Isolde is having an affair with his nephew, King Mark, by rights, could have killed them then and there since he caught them in flagrante delicto, and he continues to seek Tristan's death from that point onward. However, he does come to regret his actions when he discovers that Tristan's affair with Isolde is because they both unknowingly drank a love potion, mistaking it for wine. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_d965507b | type |
Tragic Mistake | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_d965507b | comment |
Tragic Mistake: Tristan and Iseult drink the love potion, thinking it is wine. It gets worse from there. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_e596f27b | type |
Star-Crossed Lovers | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_e596f27b | comment |
Star-Crossed Lovers: The eponymous couple. Tristan is the nephew of King Mark and arranges for a marriage between him and Isolde, the young Irish princess (Isolde despises Tristan for killing her uncle Morholt). A love potion is prepared so that the marriage will be secure, but the two accidentally drink it, mistaking it for wine. The marriage between King Mark and Isolde follows through anyway, but it all goes downhill. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_ee7a60e9 | type |
One-Steve Limit | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_ee7a60e9 | comment |
One-Steve Limit: There are three women named Iseult: Iseult, queen of Ireland; Iseult the Fair, the daughter of the queen; and Iseult of the White Hands, sister of Kahedrin. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_efad3bde | type |
Mal Mariée | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_efad3bde | comment |
Mal Mariée: Young and beautiful Irish princess Iseult is engaged to an old Cornish king Mark. Love Potion is prepared for Iseult and Mark to make their Arranged Marriage work. Tristan, King Mark's young nephew, drinks it with Iseult by mistake. They fall madly in love and sleep together, and they continue to commit adultery after Iseult and Mark's wedding. | |
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Tristan and Iseult / int_f6624c30 | type |
Together in Death | |
Tristan and Iseult / int_f6624c30 | comment |
Together in Death: In many versions, a hazel tree springs from Tristan's grave and a honeysuckle twines around it from Iseult's grave. Aww. (In some versions, it's a briar and a rose—a trope of its own which echoes down through folksongs to the present day.) | |
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Love Makes You Crazy | |
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Love Makes You Crazy: Tristan goes mad when he thinks Iseult is cheating on him with his friend Kahedrin. | |
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Good Adultery, Bad Adultery | |
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Good Adultery, Bad Adultery: In the early versions, the title characters were treated sympathetically (somewhat justified since they accidentally drank a Love Potion), but so was the cuckolded King Mark. Later writers, apparently displeased with this moral ambiguity, turned Mark into a Dirty Coward who rapes and murders his own niece, so now it's okay that Iseult is sleeping with his nephew.note To be fair, since the story was thoroughly integrated into Arthurian Legend by this point, it can be argued that this change was also to make him a Foil for Arthur, who took his role as the sympathetic cuckold to Lancelot/Guinevere. Modern retellings sometimes go back to the nicer King Mark. | |
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You Killed My Father | |
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You Killed My Father: When Iseult the Fair figures out that "Tantris" is actually Tristan, the same man who killed her uncle Morholt, she tries to get her revenge on him by killing him in his bath. | |
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With Friends Like These... | |
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With Friends Like These...: While Tristan has a lot of friends, he is also prone to spectacular fallings out with them, usually when they develop crushes on Iseult (Even Lancelot does this at one point). The only friend he seems to be able to stay friends with is Gorvenal. | |
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Love Before First Sight | |
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Love Before First Sight: Played with. King Mark insists on marrying the girl who left a single blonde hair on the edge of his window except that the only reason he's thinking about marriage at all is that the barons want him to be, so he decides to choose someone impossible. But his nephew Tristan guesses that the girl must be the blonde Iseult, and he brings her to the king. | |
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