As the lovers dream in the peaceful light of the forest bower their position and relation to one another holds a dire significance. The two face one another with little space and only the blade of a sword between their bodies. Their lips lay gently but still apart with only their arms entangled amongst their fully garbed bodies. The placement and relation to one another evident within the cene significantly changes the outcome of the events to occur.
Each element of the picture can imply some insight into the situation. The position of the blade between them represents a physical and metaphorical guard, to protect them from the dangerous love that entwines their souls and creates such catastrophic events. The wedding ring slipping upon her shriveled finger to me represents the general sorrow befallen upon her on its accord, the overall shadow consuming her grief-stricken presence within the story. A amicable gesture exchanged into a cruel intention planting woe into the lives of its distributors.
The space between Tristan and Yseut and the manner their arms grasp each other’s resting presence, I believe, represents the pure origin of their love. The carefully placed lips close but never caressing one another, almost as if whispering to one another in each own dream. Their bodies in no way tangle together other than the subtle and gentle placement of each arm expressing a yearning for the warmth and touch of the other yet a simple level of restraint in the dire times. Lovers locked and sealed from one another’s linking spirits, incapable of intertwining for fear of scorn and violent retribution.
I see the glimmer of sunlight, the simple pillar of grace, dripping upon her glassy face to be the finishing touch. Although it can represent the presence of a watching Father, an evident God gracing them with protection and a weapon to soothe the livid mood of King Mark.
Whatever the meaning and evident influence the placement possess’, the scene aesthetically and emotionally carries a pristine beauty I truthfully grasped. I personally believe that in the moment of rage King Mark shared my feelings toward these star-crossed lovers. He saw the beauty and grace in their love, or perhaps he saw a guardian protecting the wronged maiden, or even just a loyal pair of friends clasping one another in fear of what awaits them. Overall he saw a love, perhaps not sexual in his eyes, but a love void of wickedness.
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