The Patient Griselda Research Paper

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De Navarre and Boccacio: Messed Up Awesome In life, there will always be positive and negative moments. The same thing can be said about stories. The tenth story of the Decameron titled The Patient Griselda has both negative and positive moments. This story is filled with events that at first glance may seem awesome until you take a closer look. Gualtieri, who is the Marquis of Saluzzi, is a cruel leader who will do everything he can to teach his wife patience. Griselda is Gualtieri’s kindhearted wife who will obey her husband no matter what. Griselda will show how important being sweet and hospitable is, while Gualtieri will do some truly messed up things. First, Gualtieri did some terrible things in order to teach Griselda how to be a good