Thus, although a narrator's views are evident covertly through her choice of story, the overt message emanates from the characters or earlier tellers.
Are the writers of "political statements" the same as the tellers of these "folktales"?
The examples suggest that the onus is on the recipient, who somehow satisfies the expectations created by the tellers.
In the examples cited above, the recipients prompt the tellers by asking questions.
Under the proper circumstances it can instead prompt more talk concerning the teller's misfortune, as the following case demonstrates.
With each telling the tale became further encrusted with theatrical artifice and literary doctrine, even as the tellers advertised simplicity.
To this extent, the recipient needs to be perceptive toward the teller's subtle signals.
The telling - the way the tale gets to be told by different tellers - is the object of analysis here.
