The romance of Tristan, or from what is more commonly known thanks to Hollywood: Tristan and Isolde. The movie is an experience not new to me and I must say, the differences between this version of Tristan's exploits are rather staggering.

The most important difference between the beginnings of these two stories is how the two fall in love. It would seem that as Tristan is being healed and then bringing Yseut back to Mark to marry her to his Uncle, they appear to be friends and nothing more despite the fact that Tristan killed her uncle in fierce mortal combat. But the Potion they received, thinking it was wine, changed the course of their lives, making them completely infatuated with each other.

In the movie, they had fallen in love as strangers while he was being healed, and then upon realization during the tournament to win the hand of Isolde, they both realized whom the other were and were forced to keep it a secret.

The plots are rather different, the story having much more depth and little side adventures that were never included in the movie. One could also say that the movie is definitely more modern following that new age feel of Romance. The original is much more of an adventure romance, with an ancient feel to it. The language used was a little hard to get by in that aspect.

Some Questions...

I noticed something odd with the way it's set up. It's written oddly, not in your traditional format. Is this because it's a fairy tale, or the organization of old English/Welch(Irish) Gaelic?

Why is her name Yseut and not Isolde? Did the name change in translation? Or with the times?

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All in all, It was an interesting few chapters, it runs on a bit and it'll take some getting used to. However, I found my self-laughing at how much I despise Tristan in this. His loyalties go out the window when it comes to his love apparently.

and perhaps the author could stop making comment in parentheses, no?