2. what is the importance of alliances to Survival?

 Alliances exist to advance their members' collective interests by combining their capabilities—which can be industrial and financial as well as military—to achieve military and political success.

Explanation:

breathe, think and analyze the situation, pull them aside and talk to them about it

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.