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These characters are unique relative to eachother, and are very steady in there personalities.  Tristan is always ready to be the amazing, saving knight. He is always the person who is ready to fight in the name of his love, in the name of his family, or in the name of chivalry.  He loves Yseut more than anything and would do anything for her.  Yseut is also in love with Tristan, but this may be just because of the love potion.  Although she is married to Mark, she does not love him.  This tells us that she cannot be trusted to uphold her promises and her morales are slightly slanted.  On the other hand, King Mark is someone who is easily persuaded.  At first, his men tell him that he should be curious of his nephew and wife.  He listens, based on zero evidence, yet follows through and spies on them.  He is then tricked, by them, and is persuaded to believe they are innocent, although they are not.  Finally he is persuaded into believing that they are unfaithful again.  He is too easily persuaded, a characteristic that is not good for a king.

Love. Love is the eternal question that cannot be answered.  So far in this novel, love is conjured only through magical spells/ potions.  The true love was made from a potion, and clearly love is not an important aspect of marriage, since yseut marries Mark, full well knowing that she doesn't love him.  Marriage is supposed to be based on love, yet it is not in this book.  However, true love, whether real or magically induced, still proves to be the most powerful aspect in their lives.  They cheat, kill, run away, and escape danger just to be with the love of their lives.  Love is apparently very powerful, and it seems, through the novel, that love will outlast and survive any problem, and will win out no matter what the rules are.