The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio Essay -- Literary Analysis

You are to look upon this grim opening as travelers on foot confront a steep, rugged mountain beyond it lies a virtually enchanting plain which they appreciate all the more for having toiled up and down the mountain first, (Boccaccio, pg. 7). The Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio embodies this verse. Until this time period, religion guided society like an unperceivable hand pushing everyone along. Throughout many generation religion evolved. From polytheism to monotheism, form idols to churches, people leaned on the virtues that religion presented, and led their lives accordingly. Everyone learned to submit themselves to the church service as they were too scared to pave their own virtuous way. Instead of using the Church as a guide they surrendered themselves completely becoming monkeys in the grammatical construction of emperors. The Pope was no longer a messenger of God rather he was God-like himself for he too held scores of lives in his hands. The power that the sacred rulers grasped deceived them of their adjust abilities they now acted as if they were gods despite their limiting human capabilities. The Popes now used virtues to elicit supremacy, opposed to using authority as an instrument to spread morality. Giovanni Boccaccio wishes to grind away the veil and expose the church for what they have become. Using Satire he exposes the true actions of those in command. Though the road in revealing the corruption of the Church is jagged and rocky it allows for a new beginning. It allows everyone to discover a most enchanting plain. While many praise Boccaccio for his disclosure of the Church there silence are menacing effects of such an action. He boots the Church off of its pedestal leaving an open seat for the next ruler. While the church whitethorn have been crooked Bo... ...ety to a better world was convoluted and crooked. Boccaccio laid out many examples and effects that the church had on civilization in hopes to surpass the fraudulent society t hat everyone depended on. Life is to the highest degree living. Human competence has the ability to meld the physical world and the spiritual world into one boulevard. Life is about experiencing freedom. Freedom to control ones actions, freedom to choose ones leader and freedom to grow past difficulties. In The Decameron, Boccaccio tried to form everyone their freedom back. Bibliography Alchin, Linda. Middle Ages. Middle Ages. Online. September 20 2006 16 December 2010.Avatar . Avatar The Journey Continues. Online. 2010 16 December 2010.Boccaccio, Giovanni. The Decameron. New York Oxford, 1998.