Romantic love myth is one that I actually find very interesting. As a matter of fact, Romantic love is a relative term that distinguishes moments and situations with interpersonal relationships (Romance 2007). It usually place emphasis on emotions such as love, intimacy, compassion and appreciation rather than physical pleasure. Even though the story of Tristan and Iseult brings out the real essence of love, different people have different motives depending on their different views and experiences.
This story shows how the two lovers gave up their world for love (Casselman 2000). This true romantic story which occurred in the 12th century unfortunately ended up in a tragedy. The facts of the matter was the fact that Tristan fell deeply in love with his own uncle’s wife Iseult. A princess from Ireland for whom Tristan himself volunteered to travel and ask for her hands in marriage on behalf of his uncle who was the king of Cornwall. They unknowingly fell in love on their way to Cornwall after they had drank a lotion prepared by Iseult’s mother to be given to the King Mark when they became thirsty. The power of the lotion was so strong that they even made love with each other on the day when the wedding was scheduled between she “Iseult” and the King, Mark. This was so serious to the extent that Iseult’s maid was made to disguise herself and sleep with the King pretending to be Iseult that same night. Whiles they all lived together in the palace, these two lovers continued to meet secretly for sometime until one day when King Mark found them sleeping together. Instead of taking any action against them, he quietly replaced his sword with that of Tristan which laid beside him while he slept. When they woke up, they realized that the sword was missing after they found that which belonged to the King. When it was really evident that they have been found together, they were deeply ashamed. Not able to withstand the disgrace, Tristan decided to leave Cornwall for Brittany; he persuaded Iseult to go to her husband.
He left for Brittany and started a new life and got married. He occasionally came to Cornwall disguising himself. During one of the battles in Brittany, Tristan was seriously wounded. He then sent for Iseult, so she could come and help treat his wound since she had done that on two previous occasions for when he was in a similar condition. When he wife heard this, she became jealous. She then announced to Tristan that the ship came without Iseult whiles it also displayed a black sail. Tristan became very worried and since he was very sick with wounds all over his body, he had a broken heart and died. When Iseult finally arrived and heard the news she also had a broken heart and died.
The above scenario between Tristan and Iseult shows that one cannot run away from a place where his or her heart is supposed to be. No matter how far one runs away from a situation, he or she would always leave some footsteps behind. This story shows the beauty of love concerning two people who are deeply in love with each other. When two people are really in love they are always prepared to go the extra mile to ensure tat the other partner is safe and secure. In the story, Iseult traveled from her own city to another city to take care of another man even though she was legally married to another man. Hence, it could be realized that Romantic love is composed of love and care, devotion and appreciation.
In relationships such as these, the duty to love and care for the other partner is so important to the extent that it helps to build a strong bond between two people. This is built around on how the two people talk to each other and the response that comes from the other person. Devotion is one aspect of Romantic love that is not always neglected when two people are in love. With this, they try to spend as much time as possible with their partners and would not seem to care so much even though they might have several things or businesses to attend to. By so doing, one tend to lose money, which by so doing turns to be an investment in such a relation. This is especially when the heart turns to play its role in such a relationship. At this point, people try as much as possible to make several promises as evidence to support how deeply one is in love with the other. For example people make promises such as buying a car to the other partner in case there is a breach of the love they had shared in the past. Other people go the extent of signing enforceable contracts with intention of creating legal relations, such as giving up one’s house or a huge specified sum of money in case of such breach.
Appreciation is one of the most important keys that have got so much to do with romantic love. For example, in the story of Tristan and Iseult, Iseult treated the wounds of Tristan on two occasions especially at bad times when he was weak and had no strength to do anything. This good gesture was appreciated by Tristan so much to the extent that, he again called for her services at the time he gets inflicted with wounds due to the battles in Brittany. Secondly, the death of the two lovers showed how deeply they both appreciated what they did for each other.
The pattern of Romantic love would be so attractive to audiences on the basis that it forms part and parcel of their daily lives. This is because, sustaining love relationships is one of the main problems facing a lot of people. Love in the beginning of any relationship, especially marriage is so special. Those times are usually one of the happiest moments of many people. But it mostly comes to a time when one does not see any need to show Romantic love in his or her marriage. They become fed up especially at the time when his or her partner needs him or her the most. One main disadvantage of Romantic love would be the fact that one would always begin to feel alone in a relationship that he or she had invested so much in when it begins to tremble. That’s when people who were previously seen as angels from heaven now turnout to be the devil from hell. People begin to see their other partner not as they originally thought they used to be. They usually begin to find faults in others and they may become jealous, angry, better, sarcastic or cynical (Corner 2007).
Since Romantic love is a myth that always captures the interest of both television viewers and novel readers, writers and novelists try as much as possible to include such contemporary in order to attract maximum interest.
The presence of this myth has brightened my knowledge on the basis that I would be able to recognize the purpose of that story and will also be able to predict reasons why it would not attract interest of the audience.
This story shows how the two lovers gave up their world for love (Casselman 2000). This true romantic story which occurred in the 12th century unfortunately ended up in a tragedy. The facts of the matter was the fact that Tristan fell deeply in love with his own uncle’s wife Iseult. A princess from Ireland for whom Tristan himself volunteered to travel and ask for her hands in marriage on behalf of his uncle who was the king of Cornwall. They unknowingly fell in love on their way to Cornwall after they had drank a lotion prepared by Iseult’s mother to be given to the King Mark when they became thirsty. The power of the lotion was so strong that they even made love with each other on the day when the wedding was scheduled between she “Iseult” and the King, Mark. This was so serious to the extent that Iseult’s maid was made to disguise herself and sleep with the King pretending to be Iseult that same night. Whiles they all lived together in the palace, these two lovers continued to meet secretly for sometime until one day when King Mark found them sleeping together. Instead of taking any action against them, he quietly replaced his sword with that of Tristan which laid beside him while he slept. When they woke up, they realized that the sword was missing after they found that which belonged to the King. When it was really evident that they have been found together, they were deeply ashamed. Not able to withstand the disgrace, Tristan decided to leave Cornwall for Brittany; he persuaded Iseult to go to her husband.
He left for Brittany and started a new life and got married. He occasionally came to Cornwall disguising himself. During one of the battles in Brittany, Tristan was seriously wounded. He then sent for Iseult, so she could come and help treat his wound since she had done that on two previous occasions for when he was in a similar condition. When he wife heard this, she became jealous. She then announced to Tristan that the ship came without Iseult whiles it also displayed a black sail. Tristan became very worried and since he was very sick with wounds all over his body, he had a broken heart and died. When Iseult finally arrived and heard the news she also had a broken heart and died.
The above scenario between Tristan and Iseult shows that one cannot run away from a place where his or her heart is supposed to be. No matter how far one runs away from a situation, he or she would always leave some footsteps behind. This story shows the beauty of love concerning two people who are deeply in love with each other. When two people are really in love they are always prepared to go the extra mile to ensure tat the other partner is safe and secure. In the story, Iseult traveled from her own city to another city to take care of another man even though she was legally married to another man. Hence, it could be realized that Romantic love is composed of love and care, devotion and appreciation.
In relationships such as these, the duty to love and care for the other partner is so important to the extent that it helps to build a strong bond between two people. This is built around on how the two people talk to each other and the response that comes from the other person. Devotion is one aspect of Romantic love that is not always neglected when two people are in love. With this, they try to spend as much time as possible with their partners and would not seem to care so much even though they might have several things or businesses to attend to. By so doing, one tend to lose money, which by so doing turns to be an investment in such a relation. This is especially when the heart turns to play its role in such a relationship. At this point, people try as much as possible to make several promises as evidence to support how deeply one is in love with the other. For example people make promises such as buying a car to the other partner in case there is a breach of the love they had shared in the past. Other people go the extent of signing enforceable contracts with intention of creating legal relations, such as giving up one’s house or a huge specified sum of money in case of such breach.
Appreciation is one of the most important keys that have got so much to do with romantic love. For example, in the story of Tristan and Iseult, Iseult treated the wounds of Tristan on two occasions especially at bad times when he was weak and had no strength to do anything. This good gesture was appreciated by Tristan so much to the extent that, he again called for her services at the time he gets inflicted with wounds due to the battles in Brittany. Secondly, the death of the two lovers showed how deeply they both appreciated what they did for each other.
The pattern of Romantic love would be so attractive to audiences on the basis that it forms part and parcel of their daily lives. This is because, sustaining love relationships is one of the main problems facing a lot of people. Love in the beginning of any relationship, especially marriage is so special. Those times are usually one of the happiest moments of many people. But it mostly comes to a time when one does not see any need to show Romantic love in his or her marriage. They become fed up especially at the time when his or her partner needs him or her the most. One main disadvantage of Romantic love would be the fact that one would always begin to feel alone in a relationship that he or she had invested so much in when it begins to tremble. That’s when people who were previously seen as angels from heaven now turnout to be the devil from hell. People begin to see their other partner not as they originally thought they used to be. They usually begin to find faults in others and they may become jealous, angry, better, sarcastic or cynical (Corner 2007).
Since Romantic love is a myth that always captures the interest of both television viewers and novel readers, writers and novelists try as much as possible to include such contemporary in order to attract maximum interest.
The presence of this myth has brightened my knowledge on the basis that I would be able to recognize the purpose of that story and will also be able to predict reasons why it would not attract interest of the audience.
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