Boccaccio The Black Death Analysis

We are aware that humanism is a belief that human beings have been given their gifts from God to use to their fullest and not submit blindly to the will of Kings of the church. There are levels of distrust in social and religious conformity and Boccaccio explains this in his made up stories as we read the story. The first story is told by the Protagonist name Panfilo. We are also aware that aware that Boccaccio mentioned it to the ladies that he will start with the depressing religious stories first then we will get into the entertaining ones last. How depressing was, “The Black Death”. It is horrible because the sickness of the Plague was contagious. Instead of trying to help these people that really in need they are rather being left alone
in the dark to solve the issues on their own. Some people are trying to avoid it by partying and making up stories wiles they travel to a safer place. They figure that telling and making up stories will keep their mind focused and busy. That is the only thing left to do to make them happy.

Story number one is based example of Boccaccio’s humanism views because it is based on a saint.
The Saint is a bad person that is always committing sins. The question is, will his prayers get answered? Panfilo, the protagonist says that God’s spirit of giving is so awesome that even prayers to a deception would be answered. Master Ciappelletto always give incorrect testimonies just for the fun of it. He hated church, he was a gambler, and he always cursed people out. He was not the type of the guy that any women would like to marry or have interest in because he was not a man of God. As I am reading all of the sessions I notice that all the stories and poems have a resemblance of God. It all speaks on having faith and believing in Him. Just like the story, “Of the Churl who won Paradise”. When Ciappelletto gets sucks. There were people which are the two Florentines discussing on what to do because they knew that he were going to die. Ciappelletto has been eavesdropping on the conversation that was being held and decided to take a few steps ahead of them. He made the Florentines call a friar so he can speak on everything he has done because he does not want his friends to be in pain because of him. As he was speaking out about his all the lies he has told the friar tells him that no sin is too big to be forgiven. As long as he means what he is saying and if he puts his trust in God. When Ciappelletto died, which was the very same day he confessed he was buried in his convent which the Friar had promised him. The friar was so dazzled by his humility. In conclusion the protagonist ends the story by saying that God still forgives no matter your situation. As long as you have in your heart that you believe in
God.