The Decameron · Character
Puccio di Rinieri
A scholar newly returned from Paris, learned in the nature of things yet utterly unlearned in the nature of a beautiful widow.
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Also known as Rinieri, this Rinieri
First appearance: the third story
As a major figure in The Decameron, Puccio di Rinieri is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A devout but gullible tertiary of St.
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Rinieri comes home to Florence full of philosophy and hungry for honor, and promptly falls for Elena, a haughty young widow who reads his longing as a trophy. Believing himself the pursuer, he is in fact the pursued —…
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- Other
Character groups
- Gullibility and Deceit
- Protagonist
- Storytellers of the Frame
- Love and Deception
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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See Puccio di Rinieri in the third story