HONTIVEROS, NOVA LYN
ORTALIZA, ANGELA
PANDAN, APRIL
SADERNAS, MARJORIE
TAN, NICOLE
RUSTICO
AND
ALIBECH
by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
BIOGRAPHY
Giovanni Boccaccio was among the founder of Renaissance. In spite
of studying law and business for years, Boccaccio interested naturally lied in
poetry and writing.
His greatest work Decameron has claimed fame for over 600 years and has
caste an influence on other writers. Besides in being a writer, Boccaccio was
also a humanist and also accredited to as the founder of Humanism.
Giovanni Boccaccio was born in the year 1313 in the Italy. The exact
date and place of birth was uncertain. But known that he spent his childhood
in Florence. His father was a prominent merchant and his mother also
belonged to an illustrious family.
Giovanni attended school in Florence and was taken into business at the age of
10. In 1327 he was sent to Naples to study Business and Law but instead his
attention or interested lies in writing. He eventually gave up on studying and
entirely dedicated himself in Literature. During this time Giovanni started
mingling with the society. He fell in love in a lady and named her Fiammetta in
his writings. Boccaccio’s life long friendship with Petrarch was started in 1350.
Both writers often worked closely to each other.
Boccaccio completed the Decameron in 1358 which
narrates hundred of stories seven women and three men who
reside in a country villa for ten days. Decameron has influenced
Europe for the longest time and great writers such as Shakespeare
is known to borrowed his masterpiece.
Disappointing love affairs and deteriorating health made
Giovanni depressive and his writings started showing signs of
bitterness especially towards women. He attempted to burn and
sell his works, letters, manuscripts and library but Petrarch
convinced him not to burn his belonging and offered to purchase
them from him. After his death, Boccaccio’s literary belongings
were presented to the monastery of Santo Spirito, in Florence.
Although never married Boccaccio was a father to three children.
He passed away on December 21, 1375.
character
Protagonist:
• Alibech
Antagonist:
• Rustico
Flat character:
• Neerbale
setting
Geographical location:
• City of Capsa in Barbary, Cell of Rustico
Occupation:
• Hermit
General environment of the characters:
• Religious
POINT OF
VIEW
• Third Person
plot
• Exposition – When Alibech, having urged by
mere childish enthusiasm and not by well
ordered desire, secretly set out to serve God.
• Rising Action – When Rustico accepted her
in his cell to test his spiritual strength and he
found out that he over estimated his power
of resistance against the beauty of Alibech.
PLOT
• Climax - When Rustico taught Alibech that to serve
God, the devil needs to be put back in hell.
• Falling Action – When Rustico felt chilly and there’s
an excess desire in Alibech’s hell than Rustico’s devil.
• Resolution – When Neerbale took Alibech away,
against her will but to Rustico’s great relief, to marry
her .
TONE, STYLE AND
Tone:
SYMBOL
• Ironic, Sexual Desire
Style:
• Ironic
Symbol:
• Male and female genitals
FORESHADOWING
AND DRAMATIC
Foreshadowing:IRONY
• When Rustico and Alibech threw off their
clothes and Rustico told Alibech that to serve
God, Alibech must put the devil back into
hell.
Irony:
• One irony in the story is that Rustico ,as a
monk, should’ve acted right and he
should’ve not took advantage of Alibech’s
innocence.
FLASHBACK
One day the ladies asked her how she had serve
god in the desert. She replied that her service was
to put the devil in hell, end that Neerbale has
committed a great sin by taking her away from
such service, The ladies asked “and how do you put
the devil in hell”. Partly in words and partly by
gestures Alibech told them.
CONFLICT
The conflict of the story is when Rustico take
for granted Alibech’s innocence for his
sexual desire or pleasure.
MOVEMENT
AND PACE
Movement:
• Normal
Pace:
• Moderate
THEME
• Ignorance/Innocence
