What metaphors are used in The Heptameron by Marguerite de Navarre?

Relations between men and women are seen both literally and metaphorically. Notice in particular that it is sexual relations between the differing sexes that is very important. Most of the stories in this novel deal with ways in which both men and women try to get what they want from the other sex. This theme becomes evident from Story One when Simontaut tells a tale about a woman who causes her husband to commit murder as a result of her immoral behavior. It is Simontaut's belief that women were created by God to torment men. In real life, Parlamente realizes that Simontaut views her as his own personal female tormentor.