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describe the "alternate realities" shown in each selection. compare and contrast the ways the characters' real lives were affected by the alternate realities. use specific details from the two text to support your claim.

the two books are "a sound of thunder" & "nethergrave"

because each is self-sufficient.  

the answer is culture

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.