The Decameron e-text contains the full text of The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.
The Question and Answer section for The Decameron is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The present-day priests’ behavior, specifically how they hold themselves in high esteem, wearing the finest of fabrics and walking pompously, is emphasized through similes. The writer compares their pompous styles to those of peacocks, a simile...
I'm sorry, I do not understand your question. Frederigo kills and serves the falcon because he believes it will please Monna. In turn, Monna desires the falcon, but she wants is alive... not for dinner.
Pampinea is the eldest of the girls. Pampinea leads the group and makes most of their decisions. In fact it is her idea that they leave the church. Faced with her loving care for the other girls in the face of the grave danger of the plague, she...
