A bit later Tristam got up stunned, because he had fainted. He ran very quickly at the hut of an old oman. She was a wizard and was able to prepare magic filters. When Tristam entered into the hut she was very happy because she knew the boy. In fact the old woman was Tristam’s nurse. Tristam toldher what had happened onhe day of his marriage. The woman, Zara, said: “ I’m sorry for that.I’ll help you, but Rottbarth was avery powerful knight and also Remigius. Tristan worried said
“ Can you help me, I beg you”.
The old woman said:
“ I am an old witch but I am not powerful”.
Tristam answered:
“ clump up ! We together can kill Rottbarth, I’m able to fight and you are able to prepare magic filters”
, she said:
“ Ok I’ll help you but I need three days to prepare the magic potion.
Tristam happy screamed
“ thank you very much, you’ll be rewarded”
she answered
“ No, I don’t want it I want to kill Rottbarth, because he killed my brother”.
“ I’m sorry” replied the boy”.
Meanwhile Rottbarth stayed in an enchanted cave with Frigius and the poor Iseult. She was scared and waited to be free and to kill the horrible knight.
Rottbarth went to the woman and said: “ when I kill Tristam I’llmarry you”,
she screamed: “ No, I prefer to kill”..
he said: “ You’ll see, you’ll see, I’ll kill Tristam andmarry you”.
Iseult started to beg to be saved by God.
Meanwhile Tristamreturned to his castle to sleep, because was very tired. During the night he thoughtto Iseult, : “
Where are you? My love, don’t worry I’ll save you very quickly, Rottbarth will die”.
Everybody turned their head to the magician. Remigius continued:
“I’ve found the magic formula!”.
Rottbart said, keeping in laughter:
“ Oh, at last! I hope only that the magic formula isn’t wrong!”.
And Remigius replied:
“ Oh, m..., my Sir. Don’t doubt my magic abilities. I want to remind you that I’ve got the diploma from the bestmagician school …”.
But Rottbart interrupted him suddenly and shouted:
“ I’m not interested in your school-life! I want to know the magic formula now, because everybody want to go back home. Hurry up! There isn’t any time left!”.
Remigius said:
“ Well, my Sir. I will do everything.”
So the magician was going to pronounce the magic formula…but, suddenly, he shouted:
“ Oh, poor me! I’ve forgot that another time!”.
He wanted to cry, while Rottbart shouted:
“ But, I want to understand what there is in that head!”.
Fortunately, after some minutes, Remigius remembered the magic formula and straight away he said:
“ PLECRASUL SPEXIOUSUS ROSMOFUS!”.
What a pity! Because the magic formula was right, but our magician didn’t mistake the words but their position and the position of the letters!!! As soon as Remigius pronounced the magic formula, a very big animal appeared …it looked like a dragonRottbart was more angry than before and Tristam and Iseult were frightened. But Remigius was happy, because he remembered the magic formula for commanding the animal’s mind. Infact, suddenly, our magician said loudly:
“ VOX INTERIOR POTENS!”;
and so he could control the will of this dragon. Tristam worried said:
“ Remigius, what have you done?”.
The magician replied:
“Don’t worry! I’ve only submitted the animal to my will…ihihih. In a very short time, everybody will be at home!”.
But the other three travelles weren’t happy as him…better they didn’t believe his words yet. Remigius, now, appeared strange to Rottbart, Tristam and Iseult. Infact, suddenly, our magician said:
“Are everybody ready to come back home? In some minutes we’ll stay in our London!”.
But the other continued to see him incredulous. They didn’t understand how he could change in this way. All of a sudden, Remigius said happily:
“ Well, let’s go! Now, everybody climb on this dragon…maybe I’ve remembered the magic formula to return in the past!”.
And he continued:
“ REDI DOMI!”.
However the magic formula was wrong, suddenly a whirl appeared, very quickly our magician climbed on the dragon and commanded the animal to enter into the whirl. After some minutes, our protagonists were in their London, the XIII century London. Rottbart, Tristam and Iseult were very happy, but they still didn’t understand the behaviour of Remigius…they thought that was a mystery.
In the same kingdom a very handsome man, Rottbarth Karkaroff, lived.
He was a knight, a very skilful knight, but he was very cruel and he thought only of himself and… he sometimes was crazy. He loved secretly Iseult and he hated Tristam very much.
One day he was walking in his castle, when he heard Iseult’s voice. His heart started to beat very strong.
“What a fantastic melody!” he thought.
Then he decided to see where Iseult was. He followed her voice and he arrived near a room on the third floor. He wanted to spy on the princess and he opened the door a little, in silence. He had a glance in the room and…he was surprised, because Tristam and Iseult were together near the window. They were talking and the girl was smiling sweetly.
She was beautiful.
Her blond hair was moved by the wind and her perfume was spread in the air.
Tristam was touching her hair slowly…
“It’s unbearable!” Rottbarth shouted in his mind and he slammedthe door and went away. Iseult and Tristam turned their heads to the door, but there was nobody, Iseult was scared, so Tristam said:
“Don’t worry! It might be the wind!”,
Iseult replied: “But…. If it were a ghost?”,
Tristam couldn’t keep back himself and he started to laugh:
“A ghost?”, he said,
“But ghosts are only imagination!”.
In the meantime Rottbarth was running to Remigius. Remigius Maleficus was a very…hmm.. very interesting magician or maybe, it is more correct to say that he believed to be a magician, but he wasn’t very able.Rottbarth went into the magician’s room, while Remigius was analysing a light yellow potion with incredulity and he was saying with a very low voice: “But…hmmm. It must be blue! So… what was I wrong about?”. Rottbarth saw the magician and he slammed the door with so much violence that Remigius slumped and he turned to the door very slowly,
while he asked: “Who…who… who are you?”.
“That’s me! Stupid!”the knight shouted.
“Oh my sir, my strong, big, magnificent, handsome sir. What can I do for you? I’m your humble servant and I’ll do whatever you want”
Remigius replied very fast.
Rottbarth, distructed by Remigius’ behaviour, said:
“I don’t know!... No… I forgot …Tristam…you must kill him now! Be quick!” .
Remigius replied “Ok, my sir. I’ll try to kill him. It isn’t a problem for me!”. “I’ll try…I’ll try…you said I’ll try…but what do you think? It isn’t a joke, this is the real human life and you,…you must be a good magician and I don’t want to listen “I can’t”, because if it happens, I’ll kill you with my hands! Shall I say more?”,
Once upon a time there was in London a girl named Iseult. Iseult was a beautiful girl, with long blond hair and big blue eyes that exalted her pale skin. She wasn’t married yet, so her father was looking for a husband for her. In the meantime, he was looking court Tristam arrived, a young charming man. His face was clean, with two big green eyes, full lips and a chin rather round. His face was sheltered with a slight shave. He was tall and muscular. He approached to the King, Iseult’s father, and the King said: “ Tristam I heard you are the best knight, and the bravest. Is it true?” Tristam replied: “ the King will say by himself!” In the meantime, Iseult arrived, wearing smart dresses. Suddenly Iseult’s eyes met Tristam’s eyes and she felt strange: her heart was beating a lot and a shiver crossed her. Tristam approached her and he kneel down and he said: “ Your charme is amazing, princess.” Iseult smiled to him and she felt embarrassed. The King arrived and exclaimed: “ Yes, oh father! Can I show him the castle?” The father said: “ Yes, you can show him his bedroom.” Iseult led Tristam to his room, that was in the end of corridor. All of sudden, Tristam said: “ Will I be delighted to see you again?” She replied: “ I will be happy to meet you again. But now I must go” Tristam stopped her and said: “ Wait! I must tell you an important thing. Tomorrow at dawn I’ll wait you in the garden of the castle. I hope you’ll come.”At the sunrise Iseult woke up very fast and she ran in to the garden. She saw Tristam sitting in the grass. Iseult sat near him, and she put her hand on Tristam’s shoulder. When he turned, he saw Iseult smiling with sweetness. Tristam took her hand and he said: “ Oh Iseult, you are the most beautiful girl that I’ve ever seen. Your hair are so beautiful, your eyes are more precious than diamonds and pearls, your lips are fresh rose and your smile reflects the kindness of your soul, and no women is like you. Oh Iseult I’m in love with you!” Iseult replied: “ Oh Tristam, so am I!” In the end, Tristam said: “ You are the woman that I want marry!” Touched, Iseult held him and Tristam kissed her. When they got kissing, they felt a shiver crossing them. They were so in love. So, their love story started…
The desired outcome of this Quest upon the Web is that you, the student, will have gained knowledge of Middle age, been enriched by having read one of the classic romances of all time.
You will be part of a group of four who will work together in order to complete the tasks. Each group member will accept one role, do all the research needed for that role, and teach the others in your group the knowledge you have gained. The final project will be to creatively present to the class what you have learned. This may be done by combining your individual work into a display or presentation, or you may wish to be creative and do something entirely different. Whatever the case, working together is essential.
Enjoy your tasks and the role you choose
The Process
The Knight
This task, should you choose to accept, is to discover what it was like to be a knight in this period. Find out what his typical day was like, his hobbies . Show it in a 2 page paper or ppt
The everyday man
You will need to find out how someone lived in a village or in a town (choose two or three of the topics offered). Learn what type of food was served; what was the popular entertainment; what were the roles of men and women. After collecting your information, write a two page paper comparing your life as a student in the 21st century to what your life would have been like in that period.
The Historian
As an historian, if this is your choice of roles, you have a longing to find out as much as you can about the historical background of the country you have chosen ..
The Student
You task is to find out about the intellectuals of that
Period and their audience.
Thenyou have to prepare a set of 15 questions your friends and you are likely to answer.
3rd step romances investigation
Students investigate romances and describe/discuss what they are after having already investigated it with theirItalian and history teachers.
