upon the high sea? That good, great draught inebriates us both. I would rather beg for my life long and live of roots and herbs with Iseult than lacking her, be king of a wide kingdom.Tristen was willing to throw away an entire kingdom to be with Iseult forever. Even if it meant that they would have to survive on plants and scraps of food they could find in the forest.These symbols still have some relevance in the modern world. Two people do fall in love over a deep drink though not of a magic potion, but a high proof alcoholic beverage. Two people drinking heavily of whisky or beer will not fall instantly in love forever. Though those to drinkers will fall instantly in love until they roll over in the morning in a strange bed and scream in horror when they see the person/thing/hideously wretched abomination the slept with the night before. The ideals of a magic potion making people fall in love are still alive in the minds of adolescents who have fallen madly in love with some other student or one of their teachers and are too shy to try the direct approach. ...
