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Names In Tristan

Gottfried Von Strassburg makes the story really interesting by making the characters’ names according to their positions in the story and their characteristics. There is a pattern to which Strassburg works with. This makes it very simple to understand who stand on which side of the scheme. However there are different patterns as to how the loved ones and the enemies are named due to diverse ways of naming each group. Strassburg makes a great intention by categorizing the characters in the story. Strassburg was very particular in choosing the names of Tristan’s fathers, enemies and lovers. The two fathers of Tristan both have similar names, which start with the letter ‘R’. It is also very compelling that Tristan’s enemies, Morald, Morgan, Melot, and Menjodoc’s names all start with the letter ‘M’. There is also the case of all of Tristan’s lovers names are Isolde. I personally like the idea of approaching the name like he does because it helps the audience to know a little bit more about the characteristics of the person as th

Isolde is arranged to marry king Mark, Tristan’s uncle who is the king of Cornwall. Even though Tristan is blood related to king Mark, he doesn’t realize it until later. When Tristan is sent to get Isolde for king Mark they drink a potion, made specifically for the king and Isolde. The potion made the two of them fall in love. Isolde does not like Tristan very much when they meet because Tristan killed Isolde’s uncle in a small battle. Tristan being a generous and kind guy was not known as a man who would just kill anyone. But Tristan got Isolde’s uncle when he was down at a good time to gain more power. Even though Isolde wanted to kill Tristan for revenge of her uncle, she soon found out that she could not do so because what she felt for him was what she knew as love. Isolde liked Tristan for who he was, yet she despised him for what he did. On the other hand we have the Isolde of the white hand who Tristan is with only to keep up the good appearance for the society. Here the characters of the two Isolde are very different but since