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Subject: Giovanni & Lusanna-by Gene Brucker
In the story Giovanni and Lusanna , written and researched by Gene
Brucker, there is a woman who has taken her alleged husband to court,
because he has married another woman. The story is a factual account of
what transpired during this court case and the remainder of Giovanni¦s
life. There are several similarities between their world and ours, but for
the most part we live in a totally different environment. Our standards of
living have greatly improved, but more than that our society has grown
more tolerant toward the people who deviate from everyday standards.
The story starts out with Lusanna as a married woman who caught the eye
of a wealthy young man named Giovanni. As time wore on they allegedly fell
in love and enjoyed all of the pleasures of their love. It was later
claimed by Lusanna that Giovanni had promised to marry her in the event of
her husband¦s death. Her husband soon died a questionable death that left
open the possibility of poison. Unlike today¦s world divorce was unheard
of, and unacceptable. Giovanni then refused to marry her in a public
wedding because his social status would be greatly hurt to marry some one
in the working class of Florence. This is another example of why today¦s
society is so much different from how it was when they lived. Another
strange thing about their society is the open humiliation that people were
subjected to. It was said that Lusanna first husband was called a ¦cuckold
¦ to his face. People who were said to earn money in a dirty fashion often
had blood or paint thrown on their steps. These kinds of things are just
not normal or permitted in today¦s world. It is true that they do
sometimes occur, but the responsible party often ends up looking worse
that the person they were trying to hurt.
Lusanna was said to have had several lovers. She was not able to become
pregnant due to medical problems. This pretty much left her free to have
unprotected sex with as many lovers as she wanted. It is true that there
are women today with this same type of free love attitude, but there are
serious consequences in todays world that will greatly hamper such a life
style.
One thing that is very similar about their time and today¦s world in the
fact that women will condemn each other for being guilty of immoral acts.
It seemed as though many of the women in this story were aganist Lusanna
because of her actions. There is no question that women in today¦s world
act in a very similar manner. A difference about women in this day in age
is that they have ea great deal more freedom. It was said in the book that
a woman was not supposed to look a man in the eye while in public. They
were with out question second class citizens.
In this story Giovanni ended up having his way probably because of who he
knew and what family he was a member of. In this world, no matter when or
where a person lives, the upper class will always have the power. The fact
is, money is power, and with the greed that is naturally built into every
human, money will consistently come out on top. It is very true that
there are some similarities between this time and that one, but it should
be apparent that people of today¦s world have socially evolved.
Word Count: 590
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