Generosity is the virtue of not being tied down by concerns of one’s possessions and giving away those possessions without expecting anything in return. The stories‚ “Day 10‚ Story 3” and “Day 10‚ Story 4” from The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio are splendid examples of generosity that express the values and different aspects of generosity. Both Nathan from “Day 10‚ Story 3” and Gentile from “Day 10‚ Story 4” are generous‚ however Nathan’s the actions that Nathan takes make Nathan more generous
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Giovanni Boccaccio‚ was a pre-eminent writer whose fiction‚The Decameron is regarded as one of the earliest works of prose writing in Italian. Boccaccio was the master of the spoken language and of the swift‚ vivid‚ narrative style which is free from the abundance of ornament. He was also a master of the classical models of select vocabulary as seen in his prefaces to the days and the individual stories. These two aspects of The Decameron made it the origin of Italian literary prose for the following
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Religion in the first and the last day story of the Decameron\ Giovanni Bocaccio‚ an Italian author of the fourteenth century‚ is most noted for writing the Decameron‚ a series of 100 stories that are structured in a frame narrative. Each of these one hundred novellas presents a particular theme ranging from love‚ death‚ fortune‚ wit‚ sex and of course‚ religion. The action is taking place in Florence during the Black Death that struck the city in 1348. These were the times when religion
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religious traditions‚ hell is a place of eternal torment in an afterlife‚ often after resurrection. It is viewed by most Abrahamic traditions as a place of punishment.[1] Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations. Typically these traditions locate hell in another dimension or under the Earth’s surface and often include entrances to Hell from the land of the living
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In The Decameron‚ Boccaccio uses tales of deception to capture the merchant culture of quick wit and cleverness‚ which defies Christian morality and transcends the traditional social classes of the medieval era. In fact‚ one’s success at deception is often depicted as a form of intelligence. Tricksters are either rewarded or face no significant consequence for their actions‚ whereas their victims are portrayed as gullible and weak. In the opening story of San Ciappelletto‚ Boccaccio presents
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Heaven and Hell Everyone has a soul. Every soul has a destiny. In the Bible‚ God explains that every soul will be judged. God warns mankind that during judgment we will receive a one-way ticket to eternity. The Bible also teaches us that during this life we have two choices. We are granted free will to serve and honor God through Jesus Christ who is in Heaven‚ or we are free moral agents to choose Satan who will reside in Hell. Heaven is good. Hell is evil. The fact that God created mankind’s soul
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Decameron‚ Day 7‚ Novel 2 Rubric Peronella hides her lover in a tub when her husband returns home unexpectedly. Her husband has sold the tub‚ but she tells him that she herself has already sold it to a man who is inspecting it from the inside to see whether it is sound. Leaping forth from the tub‚ the man gets the husband to scrape it out and carry it back to his house for him. P. 490 Peronella “lowly condition” p.491 “charming and beautiful girl” p.491 Giannello “sprightly young gallant” p.491
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In Dante’s Inferno‚ Montaigne’s Essays‚ and Boccaccio’s Decameron‚ it seems that storytelling functions for entirely different purposes. Dante curiously prods for stories to add to his "notes" or remembrances of his trip to hell‚ making storytelling a method of entertainment in the depths of hell. Each of Montaigne’s stories are meant to leave his family and friends with an accurate memory of himself and his values‚ not an attempt to gain fame. The seven women and three men in Boccaccio’s work recount
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