Edwards uses the phrase “Oh who can express what the state of a soul in such circumstances is!” in order to show what might happen if the reader disobeys Edwards. describe what endless suffering looks and feels like. illustrate that this type of suffering is unimaginable. prove that very few people have survived limitless suffering.

im gonna take a guess and say gas vans and chambers

that is true because that is something they fulfill for their work.

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.

each morning i wrote my name

on the dusty cabinet, then crossed

the dining table in script, scrawled

in capitals on the backs of chairs,

practicing signatures like scales

while mother followed squirting

linseed from a burping can