“For me, the thing that is worse than death is betrayal. You see, I could conceive of death, but I could not conceive of betrayal” are true words crafted by none other than Malcolm true love of two people and their country by revealing a secret love story. In Tristan and Isolde, Wictred betrays Tristan and Isolde's love affair with her father, King Donnchadh and Lord Marke, thus triggering an internal conflict within them; revealing the tragic nature of the work through the death of the protagonist which is the message: “Traitors must expect betrayal”. For example, Wictred's revelation of the love affair impacts Isolde by creating in her a feeling of guilt about whether she truly loves Tristan or not. , as Isolde says, “Why is loving you so wrong?” In Tristan's case, this causes him guilt and regret for ever loving Isolde, as it could have caused great disaster, as expressed in Tristan's quote: "Forever they will say it is our love that brought down a kingdom. R....