The adventure of Yvain the knight

                    Yvain the knight is a French romance novel written by Chretien de Troyes. It’s all about romance and adventure. All started after Yvain’s cousin had been defeated by another knight called Esclados. Yvain the knight went to seek avenge for his cousin and decides to take on this task as a personal challenge.  Yvain defeats Esclados as he wished. Laudine, Esclado’s wife was really furious to learn that her husband has been killed by another knight. All she wants is revenge. They looked all over the castle to find Yvain, but they couldn’t find him. With the help of Lunete, Yvain cured from his wounded, and he falls in love with Calogrenant’s widow Laudine.  

                  Later in the novel, Yvain convinced Laudine and marries her. But after the marriage was done, Gawain convinces Yvain to go on an adventure with, which Laudine agreed to let him go. But she gives him a year to come back to her or he will be concider as her husband no more if he takes longer than a year to come back. Years after, Yvain has forgotten the promise he made to his wife, and he goes crazy because Laudine bars him to come back. He would do everything to get his wife back.

                In order for Yvain to get his wife back, he goes through a lot of difficult situations, and difficult decision. For example, in the forest he intervenes in the battle of the lion and the snake. At first he didn’t know which one he should helped, and then he chooses to help the lion. And the lion in his turn pays repays him with a lot of loyalties.

               On his journey to reconquer Laudine back, the knight Yvain has a lot of difficulties. One of the difficulties is that he had to follow order; he also has to forget about himself and fight battle for other people. In another word he has to put his personal thoughts or feelings aside and do hat ever they ask him to do. For example, Yvain has been ordered to fight his beloved one Gawain. These two characters both love each other but they had to put their love aside and fight as required the two sisters. Yvain turns himself into an avenger to help woman who’s in need.  Yvain wins back his wife with the help of Lunete, after rescuing her from being burned.