Tristan

“He that never had sorrow of love never had joy of it either! In love, joy and sorrow ever went hand in hand!” (pg. 303) I am so happy that this story starts off with this quote because it is right on and it is brilliant.  It is so true and obviously the concept hasn’t changed over hundreds of years. I think that’s what I like most about the concepts of love, everyone agrees on the same things and over time the agreements haven’t changed a bit. “…but there was nothing there but love- and Isolde.” (pg. 303) This just sounds really romantic to me and that’s why I like it so much. It’s like he’s looking for something and he can’t really find anything but one thing and that one thing isn’t even the most important thing, Isolde is the most important thing. “They looked at one another and nourished themselves with that!” (pg. 304) I like that this is saying the lovers didn’t really need anything to live, all they needed was one another.

            I like the overall story, I like the idea of it. At the beginning when Tristan is just supposed to be the messenger boy and it hints that Isolde hates him, I’m assuming because she doesn’t want to marry the King of Kurnewal (which is the standard thing in these kinds of stories), and then they end up taking the love potion that makes them deeply love each other, throwing a twist in the story. It gives it a good feel that they can love each other for awhile on the boat ride but then it leaves you wishing something different had happened in the end. It’s so sad that Tristan ends up moving away to marry a different Isolde when he can’t stop thinking about the Isolde he fell in love with. I have never seen the movie but I hope that it doesn’t end like this story does. I hope it ends happily with Tristan and Isolde being together. Reading this story makes me want to go watch the movie.