Fitting retribution in Boccaccios Decameron VIII7 with References to Dantes Inferno Fitting retribution, with her lifted scale,Where in pleasant parity, truth with gold she weighs,And strong pudding against void recognition.- Alexander PopeIn the Seventh Story of the Eighth Day in Boccaccios Decameron, the narrator states Many of the tales previously described have made us chuckle a lot over stunts that individuals have played on one another, yet for no situation have we seen the casualty avenging himself. The fitting retribution of Boccaccios form of hellfire lies in the way that the tormented turns into the torturer and the other way around. The fitting retribution is improved by the way that all through the story the characters of Rinieri and Elena change from God-like to Satan-like jobs. This article will likewise feature a few focuses in the story which are fundamentally the same as thoughts in Dantes Inferno.
