The Decameron Analysis

The description of the Bubonic Plague was part of the structure of the novel the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. The story leads into a group of seven young women and three young men who fled from Plague ridden Florence for a villa outside of the city walls. The Decameron describes in detail the physical, psychological and social effects of the Bubonic Plague had on the part of Europe. Boccaccio describes the activities within the day, and gives introduction and conclusions to each story. It includes transcriptions of Italian folk songs, which he used to form a comprehensive story. One of the setting of the story is about the women generally looked down in a social standing than men. As we have seen with most societies in the past, a woman
He explains that men are easily to give up when facing hardships. The power to eliminate their problems was the strength of the women. They typically endured a large amount of hardships. In the day 1 of the story, Panfilo gives a paradox “sometimes bad people can be holy if the person is calling on his name believes scoundrel is holy.” Master Cepperello had a good story to tell. He lived a life with sin, he gave false testimony just for fun, he was a gambler, and a card sharp, hated going to church. However, the friars were impressed by his holiness that he offers to bury the man in his own convent if he should die. Panfilo ends his story by praising God in his generosity, because He rewards the faith of the people not just their deeds. In this story, it is widely believed that the seven young women were representing the four cardinal virtues. Pampinea was the flourishing one, wherein Boccaccio believed that she has faith, and hope. The love stories that ended unhappily, loved that survived the test of time were the tricks of women have played on their husbands. He reveals the masked power of women over men by depicting the superiority of women over