Which answer is not a step that was suggested to find a theme of a story?

the answer should be:

the intervention of the supernatural gives gilgamesh hope that he will defeat humbaba.

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.

im sorry im not learning about this stuff right now.

rhetoric is the art of effective, persuasive speaking or writing.