The Decameron · Character
Ferondo
A dull, jealous husband drugged and buried alive by an abbot who covets his wife and preaches him a lesson from purgatory.
major
First appearance: The Eighth Story
As a major figure in The Decameron, Ferondo is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A wealthy, dull-witted farmer who is tricked into believing he has died and gone to Purgatory.
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Ferondo is a coarse, suspicious rustic whose possessiveness over his beautiful wife makes him an easy mark for the lustful abbot of a nearby monastery. Drugged, interred, and fed on scraps in a cellar rigged as the…
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- Other
Character groups
- Trickery and Illusion
- Protagonist
- Storytellers of the Frame
- Religious Hypocrisy
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Ferondo in The Eighth Story