Instruction
This is a class-wide Discussion Board Post activity. It consists of four steps, so please take note.
Step One: Please respond on your own to the following questions as fully as possible (a minimum of 50 words each) -- but wait to post these responses until you have completed Step Two:
1) Though no theme is chosen by the Queen of the Day (Pampinea), what do you think would be a suitable theme for the brigata of the Decameron?
2) What do you believe would be a suitable theme for the first day of storytelling if the Decameron were meant to reflect our current times?
Step Two
1) After reading the selected stories of Day One, you can discern a theme in these tales. What is it, and why is it an appropriate theme for the First Day?
2) Relate these ideas back to the concern of civic society and the eventual reintegration of the storytellers in Florence.
Step Three
Now synthesize your responses to #1-4 into two paragraphs that distinguish between your first reactions to the opening sentence of the Decameron, and how you interpret the sentence in the context in which it appears. Your final post should be between 100 and 150 words total. Read the Discussion Board grading rubric to see how your post will be graded. Submit this synthesized, initial post