Thoughts

• I definitely agree with everyone with the confusion in the Resolution of the Porter and the Three Ladies tale. I also found that it was really difficult to keep track of the characters because of their names. There were a few times where I had to re-read some paragraphs over and over just to understand who was who.
• I think that The Mistress of the House’s Tale is a perfect example of what a tale should be. It contains the mythical aspect with the man who can fly and lives in a palace in the air. Another mythical aspect is when the man turns the two sisters into dogs.
• Bodies definitely play a big role in these tales. Especially in The Resolution of the Porter and the Three Ladies tale. I think it’s interesting how the characters in these tales fall in love at first sight without knowing anything about one another. The governor in the Porter tale is overwhelmed by Su’ad’s beauty and orders her husband to divorce her so he can marry her.