The Short Story Of The Decameron

Teodorico, the protagonist in "The Relic" is an amusing individual and it appears that the writer intended to portray him in a way meant to emphasize the hypocrisy present in a great deal of Catholics. Teodorico realizes that his aunt is wrong in putting across attitudes that are actually only important when regarding matters from an unjust religious

Written as the final instalment to an allegorical trilogy, Il cavaliere inesistente by Italo Calvino explores the conepts of existence and human nature in the time of Charlemagne, be it through the use of characterisation or the novel’s fantastical nature. In this regard, Calvino takes influence from Ariosto’s Orlando furioso. Il cavaliere inesistente, much like the Orlando furioso, blends genres to create a fantasy world in which its characters must go on chivalric quests of self-discovery which, as described by Sara Adler, ‘are complicated by the frequent mistaken identities, enchanted spells, and frustrations of unrequited love which are common in the Orlando furioso.’

Antonio’s acceptance of beliefs that are condemned by his religion conveys the novel’s theme of truth being subjective. Before learning of Florence’s death, Antonio is eager to share the legend of the golden carp with his friend, “Florence needed at least one god, and I was sure he would believe in the golden

The last sentence of the poem, ““There is still murder in your heart” (14), is a powerful claim that suggests that a routine consisting of prayer, communion, or hymn singing will not dissolve the sin of the heart. However, seeing this claim from a different standpoint, this can also suggest that this dull routine is convenient when it comes to preserving an appearance of purity and grace. There is an image in the middle of the poem, “light swords” (7), that possibly represents sharp members of the congregation trying to deceive the church authorities and God. Their comfort to the routine is remarkable because it does not really make a difference at the end; the only thing that truly matters is the masked life they are trying to keep hidden. Readers may consider the arguments presented in this poem as the truth reaching out to the contemporary church and its followers to improve their relationship with

Have you ever heard that curiosity killed the cat or that greed is one of the seven deadly sins? Flannery O 'Connor and Edgar Allen Poe prove these two statements to be true. Both authors leave their readers thinking twice before they go peeking at the Christmas gifts under the tree or sneak that last piece of chocolate cake from the refrigerator. Their Catholic readers may even make a visit to a nearby confession box. "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and "The Cask of Amontillado" are short "dark" stories that use iconic twists that lead to their victims executions. Deception is the unmistakable underling plot in both stories with O 'Connor 's and Poe 's common use of character traits curiosity and greed-differ, ironically they both choose the most significant yet very different events in the Catholic religion; namely, life and death, to symbolize an end to a new beginning, to play out the executions of both, the Grandmother and Fortunado.

After the Friar’s offensive tale, the Summoner “rose in wrath against the Friar”(303). As a bitter response to The Friar’s Tale, the Summoner tells a tale that mocks the Friar. Before his tale, the Summoner mocks the Friar in his prologue. In his prologue, a friar goes to hell with an and he is surprised that of all the friars “none ever come into this place?”(304). The angel then shows the friar “some twenty thousand friars...crept into his (the Devil’s) arse”(304). After his funny prologue, the Summoner then tells his even funnier tale.In The Summoner’s Tale , the tale includes acts of perversion of office committed by the friar. These perversions are mainly related to the Friar’s vow of poverty such as “pretence of praying”(308) for “those who gave him offerings or food”(305).

While outdated traditions obtain the ability to negatively impact the relationships between characters, they are also capable of creating internal conflicts within a character. In both texts, readers witness the effect traditions have on one’s morality, mental mind, and sense of identity. The occurrence of atrocious, old traditions plays a significant role in corrupting one’s morals, inducing conflict with a character’s past values. This is clearly exhibited when “Mrs. Delacroix selected a stone so large she had to pick it up with both hands” (51). The ritual itself of hurling stones at another human is a demoralizing act that should not be justified by society, and reveals her iniquitous and immoral traits as she lacks awareness of her dehumanizing actions amidst participating in the ceremony. Mrs. Delacroix picks a colossal stone amongst a variety of possible sizes, demonstrating her loss of morals and redefined focus on the power she obtains from this abhorrent tradition. Moreover, traditions from the past are

Who is the auditor, the “You” addressed in the first paragraph of “The Cask of Amntillado”? When is the story being told? Why is it being told? How does your knowledge of the auditor and the occasion influence the effect the story has on you? I think it can be Montresor, or the lord above or me the reader it also can mean anyone in the story if u reread the last paragraph of the story. My someone found the story and read it after many years had passed. I did understand in the story the Montresor was telling this story to someone he knew very well and many, many, many years after it had happen. This story makes me wish I had looked at things different in life growing up, and handle things better in life when I was in a abusive

De Lizardi is drawing attention to the inequities in the patronage system. The rights are all on the Maestro’s side. If a youth is apprenticed to a lazy or bad craftsman he may not be schooled in the trade and he may even be treated as slave labor instead of a contracted employee. De Lizardi goes on to point out that everyone is put at risk when the system malfunctions, as in the poisoning of the patient. In these, as well as other examples in the book, the author goads and motivates the readers to recall similar examples that have occurred to themselves, family members or friends. The uncaring, unsympathetic manner in which Periquillo tells the stories enhance and mimic the disregard the Spanish have for the plebian classes. This is intended to inspire resentment in the plebian readers as they are reminded of the inequalities in the colonial systems.

          Florence- Florence is one of Atonio’s friends. Although he does not believe in God, he attends catechism lessons with his friends. Florence’s mother died when he was three. Afterwards, his father slowly killed himself with alcohol. His sisters are now prostitutes at Rosie’s house. He asks Antonio insightful questions that point out the gaps in the Catholic Religion. When Antonio becomes

Giovanni Boccaccio's the Decameron, written in the Early Renaissance, is a sharp social commentary that reflected the ideas and themes of the Renaissance and of Renaissance Humanism. His tales of nuns and priests caught in compromising situations, corrupt clergy selling chances to see religious artifacts, and of wives cheating on their husbands show the changing ideals of the time and the corruption that was running rampant within the church and in the lives of the general populace. The Decameron speaks against this corruption and reflects the secular attitude of living as happily as possible, demoting the principals of Christian morality that had ruled daily life in the time before the Renaissance. Another concept that sprung from the

In Marchionne di Coppo di Stefano Buonaiuti’s, “Florentine Chronicle of Marchionne di Coppo di Stefano Buonaiuti, he provides first-hand documentation of the effect of the Black Plague in Florence, Italy. The muse for his inspiration to record this testimony on the matter, just three decades later, was an attempt to sway the Italian delegations when his political career ran into a predicament the time. In which, he enlightened upon how much the Black Plague shook the morals of the people and the effects. In his testimony, he describes how the act of abandonment became standard for kindred of the infected as shown in one quote from his document, “Sons abandoning fathers, husbands wives, wives husbands, one brother the other, one sister the other.”(Usher,

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.

As Gabriel reflects on Gretta’s sorrow for this lost young man, he comes to accept that he has never experienced that depth of feeling and love for another person—not even for the wife that he had so desired just a short time before. He no longer looks at her through “admiring and happy eyes;” he now sees only her age and bitterly acknowledges that “her face is no longer the face for which [the boy] braved death” (2199). The reality of Gretta’s past has revealed the shallowness of his feelings and the hollowness in his life, and Gabriel’s picture of Gretta is forever changed.

Angelo’s soliloquies (2.2.161-186; 2.4.1-30) express themes of the tragicomic form, grace and nature, development of self-knowledge, justice and mercy, and creation and death as aspects of Angelo’s character.