1.) On the basis of the first few sentences of this chapter, what sort of story do you think this is going to be?
Immediately it is understood that this is going to be a sort of fairy tale. For one thing, it introduces some "rex et regina" who are "in quadam civitate" (line 1). There is no particular king and queen and the setting is no particular place. Not only this but they have "tres filias pulcherrimas" (line 1), very characteristic of a fairy tale. A king and queen with beautiful princess daughters. The story further continues to show signs of a plot of a fairy tale, since one of the daughters in particular is the most beautiful, Psyche. The first four lines set you up not knowing exactly where this is and not knowing who it is exactly about, since in a fairy tale it can be anywhere and about anyone. Just like Sleeping Beauty or any other fairy tale for that matter, this story could be anywhere and could be about any girl who is particularly beautiful.
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