Do you find the frame story of each collection much more interesting than the stories they connect? Or do you feel as if the stories told by the frame story enhance the frame story? Would the stories within the collection be less interesting or valuable if the frame story were removed? Imagine the films, The Titanic and The Princess Bridge, without the frame story? Imagine the Wife of Bath’s tale separated from the frame story of the narrator and the frame story of her amusing Prologue! Her tale is really a story within a story within a story! (As far as narrative strategies go, that is called a “nesting” device). Overall, do you feel as if the frame stories are valuable, enhancing the literary work and the experience of the reader OR do you find them unnecessary? Should the stories all be connected or separated, in other words
2.Both Sharazad and the Wife of Bath are famous women in literature. Both women succeed in showing the man that what’s best for her is also best for him! Also, both women succeed in civilizing/”taming” their husbands through their wit. Do you admire their progressive stance or do you find them (or one of them) to be overly crafty? How does each view relationships as seen through the frame of each as well as the tales they tell? To answer these questions, you can consider the Wife of Bath’s character within her tale to be an extension of her own character. You can do the same with Sharazad. Therefore, you can use the frame and the women’s tales as material to answer the questions. Use specifics to support and illustrate your viewpoint.
3.One Thousand and One Night was written anonymously over time during the Middle Ages. Do you think that the authors were men or women? Why?
4.Write a paragraph long analysis of the poem “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” by Adrienne Rich. In your analysis, make sure to identify specific literary devices (diction, imagery, symbolism, etc.) and explain how the poet uses them to communicate an important idea in the poem.
