Monday, October 19, 2009

Decameron Day 4

story 5.8) Why does Nastagio feel he has to bring the Traversari girl to the forest? Is her decision to marry him a suprise?

Nastagio feels he has to bring lady Traversari to the forest to witness for herself the slaughter of the cruel woman. This way it will scare her in not acting in a sinful way. I dont feel any suprise in her running to Nastagio after witnessing the spectacle. It scared her so much that she didn't want to end up the same way. She would be lucky to take anyone after seeing the girl get slaughtered by a knight, who are supposed to be noble people.

story 5.10) Does the irony of the story strike you as odd?

I feel that the story was pretty entertaining. The fact that the man is talking about a woman cheating on her husband and hiding in a chicken coop while its actually going on is so out of the ordinary. The fact that people have the same idea in such short time periods of each other as almost abnormal.

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