How sport personalities portrayed by the media and how the portrayal influences people

battle of midway

during world war ii, it was the "battle of midway" that was the first significant us victory in the pacific, since the us was able to inflict heavy losses on the japanese fleet.

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.