Why Did I Juxtapose the Two Very Different Pieces Boccacio, “decameron” and Choeckov, “peasants”?

Juxtaposing Boccacios, “Decameron” and Checkov, “Peasants”, allows the reader to see the difference between people in two different places around the world.

Anton Checkov was a Russian short story writer. One of the most distinguished and representative exponents of European realism. Chekhov's writing is notable for its social concerns, stylistic ambition, and attention to detail characterization. As noticed in his short story, “Peasants”. Olga is a very powerful character in Anton Chekov’s The Peasants. She is portrayed to have “old charm and pleasant smile” The life she lives is strong and full of hope. She and the family in the “Peasants” go through many hardships through the journey of this story. One thing remains constant and that is Olga’s positive attitude. She seems to have an inside hope. It does not seem to matter what place she is in, even the wretched Zhukovo village, or what happens to her and the family, she still has strength inside of her. Not only is she strong she is devoted to her husband following him wherever he wants to go when he is ill. The way Chekov describes the hometown village of Olga’s husband Nikolai makes it look very low class and poverty stricken. Olga does not let a low class village get her down. Olga compliments her husband’s town, and sees it so beautiful because she sees a church in this little town. The type of environment these people live in, and the food these people don’t eat is very depressing. However, Checkov’s attention is to detail how positive these people are.

On the other hand Boccacio’s “Decameron” the women were portrayed differently. As quoted in the Decameron on the eight day, “a women should always be extremely virtuous and protect her chastity as she would her life” These stories showed how women didn’t care about their bodies, all they worried about was money. The men had no respect for women. Additionally,