Legend J.Bedieu "Tristan and Isolde". Summary

Beautiful legends of love have always touched the soul, especially if their end is sad. The work of Joseph Bedier "Tristan and Isolde" was no exception. The brief content of this romantic and tragic story read further.

It all began with the fact that Tristan, whose mother Queen Loonua died immediately after his birth, was sent to be raised for King of Gaul Faramon. Becoming a knight, he went to work for his uncle - the King of Cornwall - Mark. To save Cornewas from the annual tribute paid to Ireland, Tristan kills Morhult, the brother of the Irish queen, who came for another payment, but Morhult manages to injure Tristan with a poisoned spear. He can be healed only by Isolde, the daughter of the Queen of Ireland and the niece of the murdered Morhult. Under a different name, Tristan arrives at the royal castle, where Isolde heals him. He notices her beauty.

Further, the short content of "Tristan and Isolde" tells us that the young man kills the serpent who attacked the kingdom. As a token of gratitude, they want to give him half of the kingdom and Isolde, but then they find out that he killed Morhult, and they ban him. Tristan returns to Cornwall. Uncle Mark makes him the ruler of all his possessions, but then begins to hate him. Wanting to get rid of his nephew, he sent him to where he was expelled, so that he brought Isolde to his wife. Tristan goes and again saves the Irish kingdom, for which they forgive Morholult's death and give Isolde to Mark.

Tristan and Isolde (a brief summary allows you to tell the story without going into details) sailing on a ship to Cornwall. A servant of Branjen sails with them. When it became very hot, Tristan asked Isolde and himself to drink, but Branjena mistakenly handed them a jug with a love potion, which should have been drunk by Isolde and Mark. So the young man and the girl flushed each other with all-consuming and destructive love.

Isolde marries Mark, but continues to love Tristan, who is also tormented by separation. Branjen helps them arrange secret meetings, but one day Mark finds out about it. He orders Tristan to burn at the stake, and leave Isolde for fun with a leper. However, the lovers are saved, they run away into the forest. But even there Mark finds them. Isolde he takes away, and again wounded by poisoned arrow Tristan goes to Brittany, where he is healed by the daughter of the king, who is also called Isolde. A young man marries her, but still can not forget his beloved, who almost died of grief after learning about the wedding of Tristan.

Further, Tristan and Isolde, the summary of the legend of which you are now reading, met again. But one day the young man was again wounded, and, this time, no one could help him. Therefore, in order to see his beloved for the last time, he sent one of his shipmen behind her, telling him to raise white sails, if the girl on the way back will be with him, and black if he sails without her. He himself at this time writes a note addressed to Mark, and binds it to his sword. The shipwoman managed to kidnap Isolde, but Tristan's jealous wife found out about everything and told her husband that the ship was returning under a black sail. The heart of a lover could not stand it, and he died.

Isolde, going ashore, discovers the beloved dead, and dies herself, embracing him. Their bodies were taken to Cornwall. Mark discovers the note and learns from it that it's all a blame for the accidentally drunk love potion. He is heartbroken and regrets that he found out about it so late, otherwise he would not interfere with lovers. Isolde and Tristan, at the behest of Mark, were buried in one chapel. Soon a fine bush of blackthorn grew from the grave of a young man and grew into the grave of the blond Isolde, spilling over the entire chapel. Mark thrice commanded to cut down the bush, but this did not help: the next day the bramber grew again. Here it is, the legend "Tristan and Isolde", the brief content of which, of course, can not convey all its beauty and drama.