How does Christine adapt the traditional genre of the dream-vision narrative and for what purposes?

How do Christine’s examples of virtuous female suffering express medieval ideas about ideal female qualities?

What effect does Christine’s choice of the city-building metaphor have on her proto-feminist argument? How does this compare to alternative, counterfactual female-gendered metaphors such as textile working or musical composition?

Discuss the development of Christine’s narrative voice. How does her language and self-presentation shift through the book, and what effect does this have?

Analyze how the approach of “antithesis” is applied in practice by Christine and the three Ladies, using examples to support your answer.

Examine the symbolic functions of the allegorical tools carried by the three Virtues. In what ways do these draw on precedent from myth and medieval romance-narratives.

How does Christine use her life experience and biographical incidents to inform the arguments and tone of The Book of the City of Ladies? Consider both explicit and implicit examples.

Do you think Christine challenges the traditional narrative of misogyny or patriarchy by blaming men, or by rejecting gender-based assumptions in both directions? What makes you think this?