5. How are the barons portrayed in the film? Do we have any ambiguity here as we do in the text? Why or why not?

In the movie, the barons play a smaller role. Rather than constantly trying to get Mark to see Tristan and Isolde's affair, the Barons simply set it up so Mark sees hem together FROM THE START. There were no false attempts to reveal the two of them. The Baron's are not marked "evil" or seen as a cause to Tristan and Isolde's problem.

3. How does the film portray Tristan, Isolde, and / or King Mark? Think of specific scenes to help you in your response. With whom do our sympathies lie?'

While reading the book, I sympathized with King Mark. In the movie, I felt for Tristan. Isolde seemed to have cared for Mark more so in the movie than in the book. Mark was not portrayed as the dumb King that he seemed in the book. He was more rational- he listened to Isolde's story and did not just lend out his trust. In the book, he took any one's word for the truth. I think visualizing the pain Tristan was enduring was also central to my sympathy. His feelings toward the King showed more in the movie. He tried to actually stop his meetings with Isolde. Tristan still went back to fight for Mark although he could have run off with Isolde. You could see that his intentions were good whereas his infatuation and love for Isolde that blinded him in the book made it seem as if he couldn't care for anyone or anything else.