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Tingoccio Mini

A Sienese friend who returns from the dead to report on the afterlife — and is caught off guard by one very awkward question.

major

Also known as Tingoccio

First appearance: the second story

As a major figure in The Decameron, Tingoccio Mini is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

One of the two Siennese friends who makes a pact to return from the dead.
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Tingoccio and Meuccio are companions who share everything except the truth about their desire for the same woman, Tingoccio's gossip. Their rivalry, hidden beneath friendship, gives the tale its comic and moral charge.

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MBMistress Belco…TMTingoccio Mini

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Moral and Romantic Adventures
  • Fidelity and Betrayal

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.

SetupEscalationClimax
  • Setup
  • 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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