Boccaccio's Use Of Narrative Irony In Day One

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Throughout The Decameron Boccaccio uses narrative irony. Narrative irony is when the reader thinks one thing is going to happen but something the reader did not expect to happen. Boccaccio shows examples of narrative irony in “Day One, Story One” , “Day One, Story Two”, and “ Day Seven, Story Four.” Boccaccio uses narrative irony throughout the story in a nice way in which it keeps the readers

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