Contesto generale La novella di Cisti il fornaio è la seconda della sesta giornata del Decameron di Boccaccio. In questa giornata, tutte le novelle hanno un tema comune: il modo elegante e intelligente (con arte e garbo) con cui i personaggi riescono a rispondere a situazioni difficili, spesso grazie all’arguzia, alla prontezza di spirito o all’uso sapiente delle parole (i cosiddetti “motti”). La narratrice è Pampinea, una delle sette giovani protagoniste del Decameron, che introduce la novella con una riflessione: a volte la natura e la fortuna premiano persone di umili origini, dotandole di un'anima nobile e virtuosa, proprio come accade a Cisti. Trama in breve Cisti è un fornaio fiorentino, quindi un uomo del popolo, ma di grande eleganza, educazione e intelligenza. Egli possiede un ottimo vino bianco, che desidera offrire a Geri Spina, un nobile fiorentino che ogni giorno passa davanti alla sua bottega insieme agli ambasciatori di papa Bonifacio VIII. Cisti però sa che, ...
William Shakespeare was born on 23rd April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire.
His father belonged to the corporation of glovers and was Bailiff of Stratford; his mother came from an important country family.
In his youth, he probably attended Stratford's Grammar School because the knowledge of Latin, Greek and rhetoric emerges in his plays.
When he was 18 he married Anne Hathaway and they had three children.
At this time is probably that he decided to go to London to work in the theatre because of some economic problems.
By 1592 Shakespeare was active in London as an actor and playwright.
He achieved a reputation as a poet for his mythological works: Venus and Adonis and The rape of Lucrece.
Shakespeare was also defined, together with The Sonnets, lyrical poet.
He became the first member of Lord Chamberlain's Men, one of London's leading companies of players (after the accession of James I the company took the name King's Men).
Then, he excelled in all the dramatic genres in vogue: comedies, tragedies and historical plays.
Shakespeare also became co-owner of the Globe Theatre when it opened in 1599.
Thanks to his great success, he earned enough to be able to retire to Stratford.
He died here in 1616.

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