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Tristan Study Guide

This Study Guide consists of approximately 51 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Tristan.
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Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan and Isolde tells the story of a knight and a queen in the Middle Ages, fated to love each other secretly as a result of a mistakenly-administered love-potion. Tristan himself is technically the love-child of a pair of lovers whose embracing of the struggle and yearning that love requires clearly inspires the admiration of Gottfried. Rivalin, Tristan's father, is himself so admired by his steward that he provides Tristan with the very best education in languages, chivalric hunting, sport and music that he could offer; the education serves Tristan so well he is able to secure a respected place at court. Eventually it is revealed that Tristan is, in fact, the son of the king's sister, and so King Mark promises to groom him for the throne, should that be his wish.

As Tristan learns that he is the son of Rivalin, and...
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