2. The love was never meant to happen in the first place. Even though they still love each other after the effects of the potion wears off, Yseut is married to King Mark. She made an oath that their love was not wicked and wrongful. She implied that only the King had been between her legs(since she said the leper was the only other one though the leper is Tristan). At this point in the story it wouldn't be in their favor to just try to see each other. Instead of spending time in the woods roughing it they should have tried to find a way to leave the country and try to live a normal life. Personally I feel the killings were justified in a way because as long as the Kings barons were still around they probably would have never left Tristan and Yseut alone. The three barons were instigating everything putting their opinions in the Kings head. The relationship from the start between Tristan and Yseut was never meant to work out. They were forced into it and then they tried to force it to work. It was just painful reading about these two.
3. Tristans madness was a very confusing part of the story. He shaves his head and takes on a fake name using his skills of trickery again. He basically just waltzes in Cornwall and confesses that he's Tristan, but no one believes him because he pretends to be a jester. I felt this was a throwaway part of the story. Yseut doesn't even believe Tristan is Tristan for the most part of it. She's too disgusted by how he made a fool of her and how he looks completely different. This part of the story was just Tristan sneaking in to Cornwall to see Yseut and then leave.
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