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A 3 page essay that discusses how the story of Tristan's parents foreshadows the tale of love between Tristan and Isolde. In relating this tale, Gottfried Von Strassburg does not begin with the elicit affair of Tristan and Isolde, but rather starts by relating the love story of Rivalin and Blanchelor, Tristan's parents, whose tale is equally poignant. The writer discusses similarities and differences between the two stories and how the first tale works as a prologue to the second. Bibliography lists 1 sources.
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elicit affair of Tristan and Isolde, but rather starts by relating the love story of Rivalin and Blancheflor, Tristans parents, whose tale is equally poignant. By first relating this background
to the tale of Tristan an Isolde, Von Strassburg accomplishes several purposes. First of all, this tale sets the tone for what will follow, but it also establishes Tristan
as a man of noble heritage, who is, in fact, the nephew of King Mark, the ruler of Cornwall and Isoldes husband, as his mother, Blancheflor, was the kings sister.
Rivalin is a knight from Parmenie, a domain in Brittany, and he travels to Cornwall to join the court of King Mark as he is in search of experience and
learning. He meets Blancheflor and they fall in love. However, Rivalin joins King Mark in defending his kingdom and is gravely wounded. When Blancheflor hears this news, she is distraught
with grief. "A thousand times she beat with them (her hands) there and only there, there where she was troubled, above her heart--there the lovely girl struck many a blow"
(Von Strassburg 56). Indeed, Von Strassburg relates that Blancheflor would have caused her own death and died of her sorrow if it were not for the hope of seeing Rivalin
one last time. As this indicates, the love of Tristans parents is similar in intensity to that of Tristan and Isolde. As with the later ill-fated couple, it is taken
for granted that either would rather die than live without the other. By picturing Tristans parents as noble, passionate people, the reader is prepared to see these qualities also expressed
in Tristan. Blancheflor, in the disguise of a medicine woman, manages to gain entry to Rivalins quarters, where she sees her beloved close to death. This sight causes her
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