Federigo's Falcon

Theme Words:

Love, Suffering, Money, Death, and Fate.

Quotations:

"My lady, he said, ever since God decreed that you should become the object of my love, I have repeatedly had cause to complain of Fortune's hostility towards me" (Boccaccio 164). Ever since Federigo first saw Monna Giovanna he spent all his wealth trying to impress her until he lost everything and had to live in poverty. Even though he spent all his money on her and still failed he never gave up loving her and trying to make her happy.

"When you did me the kindness of telling me that you wished to breakfast with me, I considered it right and proper, having regard to your excellence and merit, to do everything within my power to prepare a more sumptuous dish...my thoughts therefore turned to the falcon you have asked me for and, knowing its quality, I reputed it a worthy dish to set before you"  (Boccaccio 164). Federigo's Falcon was his last earthly possession that he loved dearly. In order to please Giovanna he ironically fed her the falcon that she was coming to him for. Federigo was finally able to win her love after sacrificing everything he owned.

Connections:

Federigo's Falcon can be connected to the popular movie "The Notebook". In the notebook the guy gets the girl  but they end up breaking up for several year. After a long chain of events he gets the girl at the very end and they spend the rest of their life together. This is very similar to Federigo's Falcon because in the long run both of the girls realized that the guy was a gentlemen to them and that they deserved to have them.

The story can easily be related to men in the real world because guys will spend a ton of money on drinks, cars, or expensive clothing just to impress girls. Federigo did this exact thing and ended up bankrupting himself with only one possession left; his falcon. This shows that men today still behave the way that they did when Federigo's Falcon was written by spending all their money in hopes to impress a girl.