Parallels

Parallels In Charlotte Bronte’s masterpiece, Jane Eyre, of the Victorian period and the Romance of Tristan and Iseult, as retold by Joseph Bedier, the couples that find themselves in love are Jane Eyre with Edward Rochester, and Tristan with Iseult. Both couples face major obstacles that jeopardize or destroy their relationship. Some of the characteristics of romantic love used in these two works are suffering for one another in a variety of ways, constant …

…Eyre and Edward Rochester. The obstacles are not only of society, but of one another in the instance of Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester, while Tristan and Iseults obstacles are mainly of society. The two couples suffer from all this for one another. The normal conclusion of romantic love is death without happiness as seen in the Romance of Tristan and Iseult. Jane and Edward, however, do find happiness with one another in the end.