Giuseppe Di Lampedusa

A major part of society, ranging from the beginning of time until present day, has been the aspect of social classes and the distinguishing features between the different levels. In Giuseppe Di Lampedusa’s novel The Leopard, through the use of different characters to symbolize the different social classes and the relationships between them, the author successfully distinguished and defined the different groups in nineteenth century Italian society. A special spotlight is shown on the aristocracy as that is the class the main character, Prince Fabrizio, belongs to. It is seen through the novel quite clearly the distinction between the different social classes ,the relationships between them, and why characters in the different classes behave as they do.

The diaries of Buonaccorso Pitti and Gregorio Dati have shown the multiple masculinities that are present for Renaissance Florentine merchant elites. Each of these men have led a different lifestyle, during a different frame of time, but each of them has written a diary that they knew their families will read. In these diaries, the men told stories about their lives from their own perspective and reflect the values and expectations from that age. Even though their stories may differ, a common theme in both diaries is masculinity and its features that are essential to merchant elites. The ideal man in the Renaissance Florence has honor, bravery and nobility, values their family and the importance of lineage and upholds a reputation in business and relationships with others.

Through the study of the records of courts, both secular and ecclesiastical, which exists in thousands of European and American archives and libraries, a patient and careful researcher can reconstruct particular images of “the world we have lost” and of the people who inhabited that world. From this vast, largely untapped repository of judicial records, Gene Brucker uses the notarial protocols of Ser Filippo Mazzei, which contains the transcripts of the litigation in the archiepiscopal court and the catasto records, which provides information about Florentine households, to piece together the dossier of Giovanni and Lusanna. The story of Giovanni and Lusanna explores the love and marriage in renaissance Florence and uncovers the gradation of the city’s social hierarchy and the role of women in society.

“In this world, it is disturbing easy for Don John and Borachio to convince Claudio, because rumors happen to be everywhere.” (xxxii)

The situation worsens as the subject of Florence’s fate is brought up several times, each time giving a much politicized warning of the “future.” An example can be found on lines sixty-four to sixty nine of canto six; “After much contention they will come to bloodshed; the rustic party will drive the other out by brutal means. Then it will come to pass, this side will fall within three suns, and the other rise to power with the help of one now listing toward both sides.” Antiquated is this excerpts meaning and message to a modern reader, something that dates a story too heavily as this shows that this story was politicized to some extent, it could be called that it invalidates the work to a certain degree. The same way in which topical comedy fails to remain funny after just a few short years so too does the involvement of out of place propaganda. The Inferno can be best described as a roller coaster, it moves from one set piece to another expecting its riders to be familiar with its pop culture and if they do not then all the rider is left with is several sharp twists and

This paper aims to make an analysis of the short story entitled, “The Vendetta”, written by Guy de Maupassant. “Vendetta”, which means “revenge” in the English language, is the core of this short story, and the concept from which the main character depends upon in order to survive. The story revolved around the revenge of the Widow Saverini because of the death of her son Antoine Saverini. Antoine was killed by a man named, Nicolas Ravolati, who was the object of revenge of Antoine’s mother. The death of her son, and her plot for revenge made her restless and sleepless at nights, thus, motivating her to avenge the death of Antoine.

Salvatore Maranzano: Organizer of the Families Salvatore Maranzono was born in 1868 Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily, Italy and died on September 10, 1931 in New York City. Maranzono was a “Moustache Pete” who immigrated to the United States and started up his own family-gang known as the Castellammare gang (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica). A bloody conflict between the Castellammare gang and the Morello gang for power soon took place in 1930. After about a year of fighting the Morello gang was finally subdued with the assassination of their boss Joe Masseria. After Masseria’s death Maranzano established himself as the “Boss of all Bosses”.

Perhaps the most foolish characters readers could come across in The Decameron were Friar Alberto and Monna Lisetta. Boccaccio masterfully parodied the Church by introducing Friar Alberto as a former con man who moved to Venice and became a priest: already, Boccaccio has criticized the vetting process for potential religious officials. Monna Lisetta, the next character introduced, is a vain, airheaded devotee of the angel Gabriel. By having these silly characters meet in a religious setting, Boccaccio mocked the Catholics of his day, especially once Friar Alberto used his credibility as a “man of God” to trick the gullible Monna Lisetta into having sex with “Gabriel,” who would be possessing the friar’s own body. Boccaccio could hardly be more derisive toward the Church than with this “tragic” story.

Throughout some of the readings, there is an underlying Religious or Good vs. Evil theme developing through the text. Beginning with the Marble Statue, the characters Fortunato and Donati could be compared to an angel and a demon, respectively. Florio, a puerile nobleman, peregrinating to the city of Lucca meets a stranger taking the same path as him and they commence a cordial conversation. In the commencement of the story, Florio is a shy and bashful adolescent man. Throughout the story he develops into a more candid, outgoing person as he finds himself. His budding comity with Fortunato, the stranger he met peregrinating to Lucca, avails him to blossom from being an introvert to becoming an extrovert. Fortunato’s character has a deeper

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But, as the tale reveals, Baglioni’s envy emerges in the “professional warfare” in which Rappaccini, not Baglioni, has “gained the advantage” (928).

Flamineo is initially perceived to embody the stereotypical villain of Jacobean drama as seen by his introduction in The White Devil. This is supported by Webster’s characterisation as Flamineo’s traits are associated with that of a Machiavellian as well as a Malcontent, which are recognized as conflicting traits. This ‘conflict’ is emphasized by the duplicitous and insincere nature of Flamineo’s manipulation of the other characters, particularly of Camillo and Bracciano in Act 1 Scene 2. In addition to his ‘manipulative behaviour’, his characterisation is also linked to misogyny as his ambiguous language as well as viewpoints regarding women is constantly seen as both critical and cynical. However, Flamineo’s character is not considered

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