Read Boccaccio's account of the plague in Florence at the link below. What can you tell about Boccaccio's values and concerns from this account? In what ways might seeing the kinds of things he describes affect his writing and his general view of life?Monday, April 11, 2016
Boccaccio's account of the Black Death (extra credit)
Read Boccaccio's account of the plague in Florence at the link below. What can you tell about Boccaccio's values and concerns from this account? In what ways might seeing the kinds of things he describes affect his writing and his general view of life?
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Right in the beginning he says that if he had not seen these things with his own eyes even if it was a trustworthy person telling it to him, he would not believe that this terrible thing actually happened. People were living in so much fear that they treated life like everyday was their last because it very well could have been. People were abandoning their spouses, children, and neighbors to die by themselves and not have anyone their to comfort them on their death bed. I can't imagine how seeing all these people die and seeing the mental effects of the disease on the people who weren't even sick could have affected him as a person. No one in their right mind could witness all of this happening and just remain normal and living the same way they had been.
ReplyDeleteIn Boccaccio writing he was worried. he didn't believe that something this bad actually happened. People lived in so much fear. There were symptoms of swellings in armpit or groin and a running nose bleed. that they treated life like everyday was their last because it very well could have been. People died everyday, they would die alone so they won't be able to infect their spouse or children. People who witnessed this lived in fear their entire life.
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