George Mason University Treatment of Women in the Decameron Essay
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Step One
1. Read all of the assigned tales from Day Ten.
2. Please respond to the following prompt with a minimum of 150 words:
“The tale of Griselda (X.10) is a perplexing story of extreme sacrifice and punishment. What is the significance of X.10 within the broader context of the Decameron? Select a tale from another day (not Day Ten) which also deals with the treatment of wives by their husbands; or the power dynamics and differences in social class between spouses or lovers. What similarities and differences do these two tales share as regards this topic?
Using specific textual examples, write two paragraphs in which you compare and contrast Boccaccio’s illustrations of these gendered dynamics.”
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