Many puritan communities functioned as theocracies a) at the direction of the king of england. b) because of the influence of the french. c) well after the u. s constitution dictated the seperation of church and state.

the answer is definitely d. sorry for a late response.

the answer to "what does the narrator realize by the end of the story" is b.

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.