The protagonist is Oedipus,because he is like the leading character
While I believe that both A and D are correct, the best choice here would be A
A: it wanted to highlight the perspective of a broader population
The effect of the plague that the narrator in “The Decameron” describes as “even worse, and almost incredible” as he tries to convey the horror of that time period is: Parents refused to care for their dying children.
Fathers and mothers refused to assist and care for their own children, it was as if their children did not belong to them.