Who will tell the stories?  (See below.)

Where are the tellers?

Why are they telling the stories?

What agreements do they make about the stories?  When will they be told and what kind of stories are they to be?

Tellers:

Women:

Men:

Notes:

Parlemente

Hircan

Oisille

Geburon

both older, wise

Ennasuite

Simontaut

Longarine

Dagoucin

Nomerfide

Saffredent

youngest

Tales from Day One:

In one version of the Heptameron, each day has a general title.  For Day One, the general title is “A Collection of Low Tricks Played by Women on Men and by Men on Women.” Consider how well you believe this fits the assigned tales, all of which come from Day One.

For each tale, fill out the following chart: 

Story #:

General Theme (see p. 2566):

Teller:

Why does the Teller tell this story?

What point does the Teller make with the story?

What response follows the telling of the story?

Analyze the elements of the story:

Who?

What?

Where?

When?

Why?

How?