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Giovanni & Lusanna-by Gene Brucker

In the story Giovanni and Lusanna , written and researched by Gene 
Brucker, there is a woman who has taken her alleged husband to court, 
because he has married another woman. The story is a factual account 
of what transpired during this court case and the remainder of 
Giovanniıs life. There are several similarities between their world 
and ours, but for the most part we live in a totally different 
environment. Our standards of living have greatly improved, but more 
than that our society has grown more tolerant toward the people who 
deviate from everyday standards.
	The story starts out with Lusanna as a married woman who caught the 
eye of a wealthy young man named Giovanni. As time wore on they 
allegedly fell in love and enjoyed all of the pleasures of their love. 
It was later claimed by Lusanna that Giovanni had promised to marry 
her in the event of her husbandıs death. Her husband soon died a 
questionable death that left open the possibility of poison. Unlike 
todayıs  world divorce was unheard of, and unacceptable. Giovanni then 
refused to marry her in a public wedding because his social status 
would be greatly hurt to marry some one in the working class of 
Florence. This is another example of why todayıs society is so much 
different from how it was when they lived.
	Another strange thing about their society is the open humiliation 
that people were subjected to. It was said that Lusanna first husband 
was called a ³cuckold ³ to his face. People who were said to earn 
money in a dirty fashion often had blood or paint thrown on their 
steps. These kinds of things are just not normal or permitted in 
todayıs world. It is true that they do sometimes occur, but the 
responsible party often ends up looking worse that the person they 
were trying to hurt. 
	Lusanna was said to have had several lovers. She was not able to 
become pregnant due to medical problems. This pretty much left her 
free to have unprotected sex with as many lovers as  she wanted. It is 
true that there are women today with this same type of free love 
attitude, but there are serious consequences in todays world that will 
greatly hamper such a life style. 
	One thing that is very similar about their time and todayıs world in 
the fact that women will condemn each other for being guilty of 
immoral acts. It seemed as though many of the  women in this story 
were aganist  Lusanna because of her actions. There is no question 
that women in todayıs world act in a very similar manner. A difference 
about women in this day in age is that they have ea great deal more 
freedom. It was said in the book that a woman was not supposed to look 
a man in the eye while in public. They were with out question second 
class citizens.
	In this story Giovanni ended up having his way probably because of 
who he knew and what family he was a member of. In this world, no 
matter when or where a person lives, the upper class will always have 
the power. The fact is, money is power, and with the greed that is 
naturally built into every human, money will consistently come out on 
top.  It is very true that there are some similarities between this 
time and that one, but it should be apparent  that people of todayıs 
world have socially evolved.