1. Tristan and Isolde
The ultimate love story….a romance, a tragedy, and the original love triangle

2. Tristan

3. Isolde Irish Princess

4. King Mark (of Lyonnesse)
Uncle and father figure to Tristan
In love with Isolde

5. (Tristam and Iseult [Yseult])
Tristan and Isolde
(Tristam and Iseult [Yseult])

6. Mark loves Isolde and sends Tristan to get her from Ireland

7. On the way back to Cornwall, Tristan and Isolde drink a magic potion that makes them fall in love

8. Mark finds out, imprisons Tristan, and moves Isolde to a leper colony.

9. Tristan escapes, rescues Isolde, and is wounded by Mark’s poisoned lance

10. Tristan remarries another Isolde
It is an unhappy
Marriage because
He still loves his true
love

11. Tristan sends for his true love, Isolde, to help him recover
White sails mean she’s onboard, black sails mean she’s not.
His new wife is jealous and tricks Tristan.

12. Tristan dies of heartache because he thinks Isolde abandoned him

13. Isolde dies of heartache as a result of Tristan’s death

14. Trees growing together from their graves
SYMBOLISM

15. The ironic deaths at the end make this story a tragedy
So which of the three love triangles do you like the most?