Day 1 Yvain

In my opinion Yvain is very much like Tristan and Erec. He is a knight concerned with honor and glory and although he is seeking the honor of his friend, he really is doing it for himself. When he defeats the other knight, he is looking for proof that he did it so that he will believed. He can put Kay in his place and in a way be able to say that he is a better knight than Calogrenant. Laudine is my favorite of the female characters that we have met so far because she has an identity before she meets the knight. We aren't sure of her name yet, but she can be seen as someone who had a life before she met Yvain. She was a person of importance and she was loved. She knew love with someone other than Yvain. We can also see her cleverness alot earlier. She manipulates the men of her court into believing that marrying is Yvain is their idea. She is much more politically minded. She knows that she has a job to do and is going to do it the best of her ability. The biggest difference is that she chooses to marry Yvain. Yvain isn't just thrust upon her and she has no say in the matter but she chooses him for his honor and valor as obviously being a better knight than her husband.