2. story 3.6: How does Ricciardo play to Catella's emotions to trick her into meeting him at the baths? How do you feel about the way he keeps her from revealing what happened?

Ricciardo attacks what Catella loves the most: her husband. If the one thing she passions for is tainted suddenly, he feels he will have a better chance with her due to the fact that he looks like the honest and noble man. Ricciardo not only makes Filippello look like the bad guy, but he uses his wife's name in order to trick Catella. Sh is over taken with jealousy that she believes everything he tells her. It is similar to how someone might act today- puting pieces of stretched evidence to make what we believe to be true. For example, if someone in the school has swine flu, other students start thinking back to the past and give not fabricated, but altered reasons why they too may be sick. Catella starts to think back and trust Ricciardo's story based on 'things' Filippello did/ did not do. She actually sleeps with Ricciardo when she believes it is her husband. He basically blackmails her so that their "acts" remain a secret. She realizes that nothing can be erased, and how pleasurable Ricciardo is compared to Filippello, so they continue to act in secrecy to be together. I am uncomfortable the way he tricked her, but than again, how did she not know it was her husband she was sleeping with? They are together but I don't think the roots of the relationship are legitimate or respectful.

5. story 4.9: As the preface stated it was the king who happened to be telling this particular tale, what can be interpreted about him from what we have read here? How does he seem to feel about treachery such as this?

The king respects both knights, as he says: "those of whom I speak happen to be of a much nobler rank and the misfortunes they suffer are far more cruel." The king touches upon the power each knight had, though it was twisted into something evil. In comparing the fate of these two knights to other tales, it is clear the king feels this is the worst possible fate. He obviously does not hold on particular knight over the other, rather he feels sympathy towards their heart's passion. In this tale, the lovers fell for each other very irrationally like in some of the other texts we have read in class. Unlike most however, the king sheds understanding on the situation.