TRISTAN AND ISOLDE

Here is the official trailer of Tristan and Isolde movie by Ridley Scott.

Which differences can you spot between the movie and the traditional legend?

The Lady of Shalott is a famous female character from the arthurian legend. 

This Maid lives in a tower and sees the outside world through a crystal mirror. She is not allowed to look down at Camelot, since she is destined to weave all the visions that appear before her. But one day, Lancelot himself flashes in the mirror....

What will happen?  Read an extract from the poem by Tennyson. 


Add three verses to the poem. 

She left the web, she left the loom / She made three paces thro' the room,
She saw the water-lily bloom / She saw the helmet and the plume,
She look'd down to Camelot.

Out flew the web and floated wide / The mirror crack'd from side to side;
"The curse is come upon me," cried
The Lady of Shallot.

love
1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person
2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection
3. sexual passion or desire

Above are some of the definitions of love by Dictionary. com. This is how we define love nowadays.

But how did people experience love in the Middle Ages? Lancelot and Guinevere, Tristan and Isolde, Siegfried and Brunilde....

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