Seventh Day Third Story

In the first couple of pages, Boccaccio goes on about the typical corrupt friar of his story. The friar claims a life of modesty, but in fact lives very comfortably. He also does not uphold to the moral code that is required of him. Trickery is the theme guiding the main characters in this story. The friar uses two excuses to trick a woman into cheating on her husband and sleeping with him, upon proposing to her a very dumbfounded logic. She then must trick her husband, who comes home during their time together. The wife comes up with a lie of how their son had been sick, and that the friar was saving him with the power of God. This is not only a lie, but blasphemous for a friar to fake. By writing this, Boccaccio was making a statement about the Catholic Church at the time, how corrupt it was, and the sins it committed claiming to be excused.