ENGL220 Tristan Chapters 16-29
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Transcript of ENGL220 Tristan Chapters 16-29
TristanChapter 16: The Avowal
They begin to feel strange…
Their friendship turns to more…
They sneak off the ship.
They consummate their love…
Many times
Chapter 17: Brangane
No longer a virgin, Isolde fears her wedding night with king Mark
Isolde talks Brangane into being her wedding night sub
They will get Mark drunk and pull a switcheroo in the dark.
Brangane reluctantly agrees, and confesses her guilt about the potion
The wedding night arrives
In the dark, Brangane slips into bed with Mark, who can’t tell one woman from another.
After the first encounter, Brangane leaves and Isolde gets into bed with Mark
Isolde sleeps with Mark at night, and fiddles with Tristan by day
But Isolde begins to worry that Brangane will betray her
She asks two of her squires to take Brangane into the woods, cut off her head, and bring back her tongue.
The squires take Brangane.
Brangane fears for her life
Brangane tells the squires her only fault was to give Isolde her white shift when Isolde dirtied hers on the trip from Ireland.
The squires took pity on her
They brought home the tongue of a dog
Isolde is furious and accuses the squires of murder.
The squires produce Brangane, and all is forgiven
Although there were a few close calls,
They fooled around every chance they got
Chapter 18: Gandin
A ship arrived from Ireland
Gandin, a musician who had always admired Isolde, arrives
On his back he carries a small rote
Mark promises to give the musician anything he desires if he will play for the court
After Gandin plays, he demands Isolde as his prize
Mark must keep his word
Out hunting, Tristan hears the news and rides to the rescue
He plays a long lay on his harp, while the ship pulls away from shore
Gandin plays adequately on his small rote
But Tristan’s instrument is not only bigger
He handles it more skillfully!
Tristan rides off with Isolde
Chapter 19: Marjodoc
Tristan’s steward, Marjodoc, is secretly in love with Isolde.
Tristan and Marjodoc share lodgings.
Tristan often sneaks out at night to visit Isolde.
One night, Marjodoc has a dream
He dreams that a boar runs into Mark’s bedchamber
And fouls the bed linens with foam
Waking up, Marjodoc follows Tristan’s footprints in the snow
He arrives at Isolde’s chamber, and hears them making love
Marjodoc reports “rumors” to Mark, who has them carefully watched
Chapter 20: Plot and Counterplot
With Marjodoc’s help, Mark sets several traps for Isolde, to see how she feels about Tristan.
At first a failure, with Brangane’s help Isolde passes the tests.
Chapter 21: Melot
Melot, a dwarf from Aquitaine, arrives at court
Melot and Marjodoc team up to catch Tristan and Isolde
King Mark announces he will go on a hunt for 20 days.
Brangane helps Tristan and Isolde set up a communication system using twigs floating in a brook.
Chapter 22: The Assignation by the Brook
Mark and Melot hide in a tree to catch Tristan and Isolde in the act.
First Tristan, then Isolde notice the shadows and pretend coldness
Chapter 23: The Ordeal
Mark, Tristan, and Isolde were bled
Mark announces he will go to church with Melot
Melot sprinkles flour on the floor.
If Tristan sneaks to Isolde’s bed, he will leave footprints in the flour
Instead, Tristan leaps over to her bed, opens his wound, and gets blood all over the sheets
Mark finds the blood and is suspicious
Isolde will go to London and be questioned by the Bishops.
The Bishop declares she must be subjected to the ordeal of the red hot iron
This will occur in six weeks at Carleon.
Frightened, Isolde writes to Tristan
Disguised as a pilgrim, Tristan carries Isolde from the ship to the shore
She tells him to fall, and he does so, so that she lies in his lap
Now she can swear an oath that she never had carnal knowledge of, never lay in any man’s arms but Mark’s—excepting, of course, the poor pilgrim’s.
Isolde swears the oath, and prepares to carry the hot iron
Modern ordeal in Africa
Isolde passes the ordeal
Chapter 24: Petitcreiu
To escape temptation, Tristan sails away to Swales
Tristan visited his friend Duke Gilan
Gilan was young, single, and gay (straight, but joyful).
Gilan entertained Tristan
But Tristan suffered from melancholy.
Gilan brings out Petitcreiu
Petitcreiu is a little dog of all colors and no color at all
The little dog came from the mystical island Avalon
It sat on a cushion with a bell around its neck
The sound of the bell took sadness away
Tristan wanted the dog for Isolde
But Gilan refused to part with it.
The giant Urgan li vilus terrorized Swales
When the haughty Urgan came to the castle, Gilan had to pay him tribute
Gilan promises to give Tristan whatever he wants if he will rid the kingdom of Urgan
Tristan sets off to kill Urgan
Urgan is scornful of the young knight when Tristan blocks the bridge
The two taunt each other
Urgan strikes, and kills Tristan’s horse
Tristan wounds Urgan in the eye and cuts off his hand
Urgan runs home to reattach his hand
Tristan follows him and steals the hand!
Tristan and Urgan fight on the bridge
Tristan pushes the giant off the bridge, and he shatters on the rocks below.
Tristan returns to Gilan and shows him the hand
The kingdom cheers!
Gilan offers his sister and half his kingdom
But Tristan wants the dog.
Tristan sends the dog to Isolde
She writes to Tristan and tells him to return.
She breaks off the bell.
Chapter 25: Banishment
After watching their tender looks and feeling much pain, Mark banishes Tristan and Isolde from the kingdom.
Tristan and Isolde left the court
All they needed was each other.
But they took Curvenal, a dog, some money, Tristan’s harp, sword, bow, and horn…
Chapter 26: The Cave of Lovers
Tristan and Isolde live in a grotto not far from Mark’s castle
They slept on a crystal bed
And lived on love
Chapter 27: Discovery
Ever melancholy, Mark decides to go out hunting one day
Hearing the sounds of the hunt, Tristan and Isolde lie fully clothed in bed with a sword between them
When Mark peeks in a window, he is pleased to see their innocence
Mark blocks the window so the sun doesn’t harm Isolde’s complexion
When the lovers wake up, they see the window blocked and suspect Mark was there
Chapter 28: The Parting
Mark calls Tristan and Isolde back to court, but cautions them to avoid each other.
Gottfried tells us that even the most virtuous women hate being watched
Like Eve, a woman will do the one forbidden thing.
One day at noon, Isolde goes to the orchard and sends for Tristan
Mark discovers them
When Mark goes off to find witnesses, Tristan wakes Isolde
Tristan must leave.
Isolde gives him a gold ring and makes him promise to let no living woman come between them.
Chapter 29: Isolde of the White Hands
Tristan goes off to Europe, fights for the Holy Roman Empire, and has many adventures
Medieval Europe
Path of 1st Crusade, 11th century
Isolde pined
Tristan returns to Parmenie, hoping for news of Isolde
He mourns the deaths of Rual and Florete
Rual’s sons invite him to stay and retake the kingdom, but the restless Tristan decides to go to Arundel and help settle a feud there.
Old Duke Jovelin was overwhelmed by enemies
Tristan goes to Arundel
He became good friends with Jovalin’s son, Kaedin
Tristan and Kaedin hassle the enemy while they wait for more knights to arrive from Parmenie
Reinforcements arrive from Parmenie, and total victory goes to Tristan and Kaedin
Kaedin has a sister, called Isolde of the white hands.
Tristan is confused by the two Isoldes in his life
He plays and sings songs celebrating Isolde
Naturally, Isolde of the white hands and her brother think Tristan is singing to her
Isolde makes a play for Tristan
Encouraged by Kaedin, and not having received a message from Isolde, Tristan flirts with white hands.