Although the words "mentioned" and "declared" have similar meanings, they are different because

a: one is figurative
b: one is a euphemism
c: they have distinct denotations
d: they have distinct connotations

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since he could see color, and nobody else could, he didn't find it fair that everyone else in the utopia couldn't see color but him and the giver : d

“asleep in his bed” is personified.

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.