Dante’s Inferno A. Dante Alighieri 1. 1265-1321 Florence‚ Italy 2. Beatrice; become in love with her at age 9 a. At 18‚ they met again. They get into a fight and she dies 3. believes church and state should remain separate 4. Not allowed back in Florence B. Background information -Written 1308-1321 -100 Cantos (chapters) a. 1 intro canto b. 33 inferno cantos: Sin is around‚ focuses on the power of God c. 33 purgatorio cantos: Wisdom of Christ; reject sin and wait d. 33 paradiso cantos:
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Cerberus‚ know for his famous role in Dante’s Inferno and Fluffy in Harry Potter‚ actually made appearance in several literature with a slightly different look from the publicly accepted image of a giant dog with three heads that guards something and prevent entrance. But Cerberus was not always so easy to fool. Back in the old days‚ about 8th-7th century before common era‚ Cerberus has fifty heads instead of three according to Hesiod’s Theogony. Contrary to modern perception‚ he fawns on those that
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literature‚ he is sometimes introduced into literature‚ not as the villain‚ but as the seduction factor‚ like in the epic poem Paradise Lost by John Milton where the story of Adam and Eve is retold through the words of Satan. The epic Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri gave Satan a kind of helpless and trapped story where he was given the ultimate punishment imaginable from the perspective of God. Though Satan was the original sinner‚ banished to live an eternity in Hell by God himself as written in the
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Edmond Dantes lives his life from one extreme to the next as he becomes Monte Cristo. While there are positives and negatives to both of his identities‚ to truly see past the illusions he must find a balance. On his journey to find a balance‚ he learns that both personalities have positives but‚ he must find a balance to achieve true happiness. Edmond Dantes is initially naive and trusting. He loves unconditionally and believes that everyone has good in them. This helps him a lot in his journey
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the world around us; however‚ one often debates the manner in which one should come to correct moral decisions‚ and achieve a virtuous existence. Dante has an uncanny ability to represent with such precision‚ the trials of the everyman’s soul to achieve morality and find unity with God‚ while setting forth the beauty‚ humor‚ and horror of human life. Dante immediately links his own personal experience to that of all of humanity‚ as he proclaims‚ "Midway along the journey of our life / I woke to find
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Tyler Hayward Mrs. Kramer Honors English I December 5‚ 2013 In the novel‚ The Count of Monte Cristo‚ Edmond Danteś is a very powerful figure that travels through different scenarios and troubles. It includes him escaping jail in the beginning after being framed. Secondly how he changed his identity six times through out the book in the challenges that he faces. Third is how he wanted to seek revenge against the people that had him put into jail in the revelation and actions. And finally‚ Edmonds
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feeling of strong affection‚ and for Dante in La Vita Nuova it was nothing but the emotion that changed his world. Love is scribed as something that’ll make people go to extreme lengths in order to fulfill their desires. However‚ Dante fell in love when he was merely a child at nine years old‚ and spent the rest of his adult life in self-reflection sobbing in his own heartache. The innocence of a child’s crush versus a gentleman’s love sickness is vast however‚ for Dante love left him in the lowest adolescent
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri Inferno The poem Inferno is about a man who has “lost the path that does not stray” (Inferno‚ Canto I‚ line 3) where “the path” represents the path to Heaven. Dante‚ having strayed from the path‚ is in danger of being sent to Hell. When Beatrice‚ whom Dante loved before her early death‚ finds out that Dante has strayed she becomes worried that he will not be able to join her in Heaven. Beatrice wants to help Dante find God again‚ but because she is an angel
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Canto I -The Dark Wood-Dantes meets the Lion‚ Wolf‚ and leopard that blocks his path to leave. Meets Virgil Canto II -Ante-Inferno-those who live without disgrace or praise (stuck constantly chasing after a banner (goal) for they never had a goal when they were alive. Passes Acheron‚ guarded by Limbo to enter Limbo. Ghosts do not feel compassion for those in other levels of hell except for their own. Canto III and IV -First circle of hell-limbo-virtuous but un baptized -punishment=no hope
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Dante’s descent into Hell in Inferno‚ the first part of his Divine Comedy‚ tells of the author’s experiences in Hades as he is guided through the abyss by the Roman author‚ Virgil. The text is broken into cantos that coincide with the different circles and sub-circles of Hell that Dante and Virgil witness and experience. Inferno is heavily influenced by classic Greek and Roman texts and Dante makes references to a myriad of characters‚ myths‚ and legends that take place in Virgil’s Aeneid‚ Homer’s
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