A Comparison of Tristan and Yselt with Theseus and the Minotaur

A Comparison of Tristan and Yselt with Theseus and the Minotaur

In my comparison coursework I will be comparing the play that I

performed, this play was Tristan and Yselt. I will be comparing it to

the well-known Greek tale of Theseus and the Minotaur. There is one

thing these have in common; this is that they are both myths. On is a

Cornish legend and the other is a Greek myth, this is why I am

comparing them. First I will give a brief description of both of the

plays. Tristan and Yselt is a not so well known legend it roots I will

go into more detail later.

It was about an unpleasant man named Margh who married a fine young

lady named Yselt. Margh often abandoned Yselt whilst going out hunting

or something. She was left at home to cook and clean. An ignorant,

selfish and sexist man would think and believe this is where a woman

belonged - by the kitchen sink. One-man new better, a kind a caring

man, who was handsome, talented and a great poet. He was the cousin of

Margh his name was Tristan. That night Tristan entertained the castles

residents with songs and dance. Yselt was taken by Tristan's passion

and soon they fell in love. They arranged to run away to Brittany to

Tristans castle in France. So they mounted their fine longboat and

sailed the way to France. Meanwhile Margh sent out his men to find the

escaping runaways, but it was to late they had come and gone -

probably half way there. There was nothing Margh could do, his men had

drowned and his wife had runaway, all he could do was cry. Sometime

later Margh summoned Tristan and Yselt to the court of king Arthur, so

they went and visited the dreaded place. As the arrived they met Margh

for the first time since they ran away. An argument brewed about Yselt

until a sudden silence echoed through the building. It was the wizard

Merlin he tried to settle the argument of who should have Yselt, he