CGS SS 104 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Peaceful Journey, Segue, Middle Ages
27 Feb 2020
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Q1. (1/1) describe ser ciappelletto"s personality and life, and how deception and good luck played a role in his ultimate fate. Panfilo begins his tale by utilizing a common gesture very relevant to the time period. This does not come as a surprise because people of the middle ages tended to be pious, so because the storytellers were all people of higher social order, they all had been educated on religion and culture. Panfilo also uses this statement as a segue into what his story will be about: a saint, or so it seems. The story is about a man named ser ciapelletto, and how he cons his way into a saintly status in death. Deception played a role in ciapelleto"s fate in a number of ways. At the beginning of the story, ciapelletto was a con man, who was skilled in the art of forgery, lies, and deceit.
