Question

How might you compare Dante to Boccaccio? Dante focuses more upon the suffering of human beings in the moryal world. Boccaccio focuses more on the interventions of God in the mortal world. Boccaccio focuses more on the moral ambiguity of the mortal world. Boccaccio focuses less on issues of moral and immoral behavior.

Answer 1

The correct answer is D) Boccaccio focuses less on issues of moral and immoral behavior.

Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian author of the late Middle Ages. His work is a hallmark of the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance. In this framework, his books tend to refer to sensual and erotic topics, human intelligence, they present a profane conception of human being and a mockery of medieval ideals. In his books, the reader can appreciate a gradual demystification of the idea of the Earth as a simple passage to eternal life and a strong feeling for the importance of enjoying the present moment (Carpe Diem). In this sense, Boccaccio focuses less on moral and immoral behavior, since it was one of the main topics of medieval literature that he was rebelling against.