Day One of The Decameron is about Ser Ciappelletto and his horrid behavior and actions he thrusts upon others. Within this class, one of the main themes we have studied is the theme of religion. Religion was very important during these times, especially in the Mediterranean region. Within this story, Ciapelletto is horrible man who commits sin everyday. He does not respect anyone, including any religion or any God for that matter. However, karma comes into play and one day, Ser CIappelletto becomes very very sick when he is working. The strange thing that happens is that he requests a priest come to him before he maybe dies so he can confess all of the sins he has committed over the years he has been alive. The old Ser Ciappelletto would have even lied during confession, making his matters and sickness even worse. He technically did confess to the priest some things, but he never went into detail about all of the wicked things he has done in the past. I was hoping that he wouldn't be sent to heaven but he was in the end because "he became pure"...I don't know about anyone else but I feel he cheated his way into heaven. He did not even confess anything worth confessing! he might as well have not even confessed as well.
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