Federigo's Greed

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THE CANTERBURY TALES AND FEDERIGO’S FALCON

Everyone like the person that gives their all to everyone and everything because you will be receiving something. I do not know of anyone that does not like the feeling on your birthday where your friends and family gives you presents. There is another type of person in this world, they are the ones with greed. These people do not share or give anything to others all they want to do is keep things for themselves and find more things to make them rich. There are two stories that show both sides of the giving spectrum, one is “The Pardoner’s Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer and the other is “Federigo’s Falcon” by Giovanni Boccaccio. Both of these stories were about giving, while one was on the more positive …show more content…

This love interest of his was already married but that did not stop him from trying to win her love “And with the object of winning her love, he rode at the ring, tilted, gave sumptuous banquets, and distributed a large number of gifts, spending money without any restraint whatsoever”(Boccaccio 160-161). Federigo just wanted her to notice him and fall for him the same way that Federigo fell for her. Eventually her husband died and she moved out with her son to the countryside which was closer to Federigo. Soon after the son had fallen ill and was going to die but thought that Federigo’s falcon would be able to make him well again. His mother was very hesitant on going over and asking Federigo for his falcon because that is Federigo’s prized falcon and the only way he earns money and his only friend. Then Federigo heard a knock on his door and his love was standing outside so he let her in and because he was once a noble man he knew he it would be rude not to have something to eat. Federigo had no food until he saw his falcon, telling his maid to prepare it for dinner he went on. After dinner the mother asked Federigo to have his falcon to save her son and “When he heard what it was that she wanted, and realized that he could not oblige her because he had given her the falcon to eat, Federigo burst into tears” (Boccaccio 164). Federigo gave his last possession to her he gave her everything and thinking that she would want something to eat he gave he what she wanted most just not the way she wanted it. Federigo sacrificed his last source of money and his last friend to make someone happy and gave with nothing expected in return, he was a true giver. (In the end they get married and live happily ever

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