How might you compare dante to boccaccio?

Believe it or not, Boccaccio was actually heavily influenced by Dante. In the end, they have more similarities than differences. They're stylistically very different. Whereas Dante used terza rima (a rhyme scheme used often in epic poetry), Boccaccio used simple prose. Furthermore, the Divine Comedy is a classic example of a "descent narrative." That is, the protagonist descends into hell, learns something about himself and his place in the world, and returns to the surface (and on to paradise, in this case). In comparison, the Decameron is simply a series of tales told over ten days. Boccaccio was much more "R" rated, so to speak. Dante was, while in many ways more graphic, a much cleaner in terms of language. While Boccaccio centered his satire in "real" situations, Dante used a fantasy of sorts to illustrate his ideas. Boccaccio got most of his stories from medieval folk traditions, while Dante derived much from ancient authors such as Homer and Virgil. The Decameron is much more humanistic (in the classical sense) than the Divine Comedy, which retains a great deal of medieval philosophy.

There are many ways in which you might compare the two authors.

Both authors wrote in vernacular languages as opposed to Latin. They also wrote about the female ideal personified in a woman: Dante's Beatrice and Boccaccio's Fiammetta.

Boccaccio was much younger than Dante (Dante died in 1321, when Boccaccio was eight years old). Because of this, he served as an inspiration throughout Boccaccio's whole life. In his early works, Boccaccio attempted to emulate Dante.

During his later career, Boccaccio would become more critical of Dante. Nevertheless, he saw The Divine Comedy and The Decameron as being directly connected.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

there is no short story here so that i can answer the question.