In what way is the decameron a framed narrative? how does this literary technique lend itself to multiple interpretations? your answer should be at least one hundred words.

The Decameron is a frame narrative in that it uses a main story as a pretext to set the stage for a series of inner, smaller stories told by different characters. In it Aristocratic bourgeois from the city of Florence flee to a small manor in the countryside to escape Black Death. In order to entertain themselves they decide each evening that each one will be chosen King or Queen of the Evening and will then choose the subject of the stories that will be told. The only one that is given the right to choose his own subject is Dioneo, due to his talent and wit.

Because the main story frames several different narratives with different narrators, each one will offer a different style, perspective and point of view to the reader. This means that there are several layers of interpretation as there are characters and even the framing itself, as a mise en abyme (inserting a narration within a narration) conveys meaning.

cassius, casca, and their allies plant false documents to manipulate brutus to join their cause to remove caesar. after doing so, they visit brutus at night in his home to persuade him of their views. there they plan caesar's death. brutus is troubled but refuses to confide in his devoted wife, portia. on 15 march, caesar's wife, calpurnia, urges him not to go to the senate. she has had visionary dreams and fears the portents of the overnight storms.

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