The Decameron · Character
Ambrogiuolo
A merchant whose boast that no wife is incorruptible sets a wager in motion that will test both a lady's honor and his own cunning.
major
First appearance: the seventh story
As a major figure in The Decameron, Ambrogiuolo is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The deceiver who wagers and lies about Bernabo's wife, later punished.
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Ambrogiuolo is the Decameron's archetypal slanderer: a man so confident in his own cleverness that he stakes his fortune on the claim that every woman can be seduced. His wager with Bernabò turns on a trick rather than…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Fidelity and Betrayal
- Marital Deception
- Love and Deception
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
In this story, the emotional and psychological peak occurs when Lisa, a lowborn apothecary’s daughter, is cons…
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See Ambrogiuolo in the seventh story