Arthurian romances are characterized in several ways, portraying beauty, rank, and educational achievements. Some women provide key roles in different areas of the novel, but are often still in a place of male authority. Within the narrative of Gottfried Von Strassburg’s Tristan, there are various articulations about the power dynamics between men and women. The attainment of power is different throughout the characters, ranging from Blancheflor, who has power over her own destiny; Queen Isolde, who
including Napoleon Bonaparte, who exclaimed “There is a man!” after their rendezvous in Erfurt (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe). Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German poet and writer whose career in literature birthed Romantic classics, such as the infamous Faust. His brilliance is the result of a well-educated and curious childhood and is indubitably shown in his works (“Johann Wolfgang von Goethe”). Born into a rather large family, Goethe was one of the only children of Johann Kaspar Goethe and Katharina