Sex in the Decameron I do not think it would be too far off the mark if someone said that Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron could be summed up in one word - sex. ... In The Decameron, Boccaccio places us in a time when the plague was running rampant within the medieval realm. ... I was able to find one reoccurring theme that I believe can be largely attributed to Boccaccio's beliefs. All throughout The Decameron, women and men are portrayed as too weak to be able to reject sexual desire. ... Overall, it appears as if Boccaccio is pointing out that as humans we must surrender to o...

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The Decameron From 1348 to 1353 Giovanni wrote his classic, the Decameron, a collection of one hundred short stories told by a group of young ladies and gentlemen during a retreat from Florence in order to escape the plague. ... Throughout The Decameron the stories represent how the plague devastated the region and how it affected the lives of people in Italy where Boccaccio lived. ... Many of which are recorded in the introduction of The Decameron. ... Boccaccio writes extensively about religion and how it changed because of the plague. ... Throughout the one hundred stories in The ...

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The first, and most recognized pioneers of humanism were Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio. ... Giovanni Boccacio studied and wrote at about the same time as Petrarch, and is best known for his masterpiece Decameron, which consists of 100 stories organized to give the impression of a total view of society. ...

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