Like the Commedia, the Decameron is also in the form of “comedy”. It is a composition beginning in sadness and ending in joy. On the other hand, Boccaccio's prose tales are only loosely related to each other in story structure, very different from Dante's epic, tightly structured poetry. The two works reflect commonalities but Boccaccio's reflects a different tone from Dante's. Boccaccio wants to entertain the reader while Dante wants to edify. Boccaccio's tone is mocking but Dante's is more serious. Dante was a genius isolated by his originality. The most obvious merit of the Commedia is that it has more poetic beauty than any poem written since. Dante's Divine Comedy shows what lies beneath appearances. He discussed human nature in relation to God and life on Earth in relation to life beyond the grave. On the other hand, Boccaccio is concerned with appearances. Dante saw the world as the mirror of his soul. Boccaccio looked at him “with naked eyes”. Dante writes his allegory to emphasize certain absolute truths. Boccaccio asks questions without obvious answers, showing that the pleasure of literature is the pleasure of interpretation. In addition, the Decameron is also an allegorical work and the characters that compose it each have an allegorical meaning..