When I was a child‚ my parents had told me hell was a place for people who defied God. Their description of hell was this fiery habitat for demons‚ where humans would have to spend an eternity being punished for their sins. For many people‚ the threat of eternal damnation is terrifying‚ let alone a child. It was so alarming that for a while I simply shut out any questions that might undermine my assurance of salvation. I was taught that hell was run by a demon known by many names; the devil‚ Satan
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ha bisogno di sproni – Do not spur the willing horse Cercare il pelo nell’ uovo – To seek the hair in the egg‚ to pick faults where there are none. Che ‘l perder tempo a chi più sa più spiace – Loss of time most grieveth him who knoweth most (Dante) Che non men che saver‚ dubbiar m’aggrata – Ignorance not less than
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ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (INDEPENDENT) English Language and Literature Department Poetic Devices and their Likely Effects Alliteration Gains reader’s attention through repetition of a consonant sound‚ appeals to the sense of hearing‚ emphasizes words‚ links lines‚ unifies stanzas (or the poem as a whole)‚ and enhances flow of poem. Draws attention to particular words or lines through repetition of a vowel sound‚ appeals to the sense of hearing‚ enhances the development of the image created by the words
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Troilus and Cressida is a tragicomedy that takes place in the 7th year of the Trojan War‚ written by William Shakespeare in 1603. This cannot however be called an original idea‚ as the groundwork was already laid by the likes of Tennyson‚ Homer and Dante in various forms. One character that appears in each Trojan War story is Ulysses the Greek Commander. Homer introduced the world to Ulysses in the epic poems Iliad and Odyssey in 800-700 B.C. Iliad the tale of Trojan War set in the last few weeks
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a person or characters life during this time period. The central concern of medieval literature is the individual person working out his or her individual destiny through the conflicts they faced. Inferno talks about people and how they chose their fate. The story is about Dante’s view of hell. Dante believed hell had 9 layers. Each canto tells of the 9 layers and where a person of sin will dwell due to the choices they made in life. For example‚ in Canto XXXIV (9)‚ it tells of Satan’s fate. “And
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choice. That’s an important thing to remember because sometimes habits become so customary to do that people do not think they are voluntary sins‚ but in all actuality they are because the person chose to act on that disposition. When reading the Inferno‚ it seemed that most of these were in Hell because of their habitual choices‚ although most of them believed it was because of one choice. Examples of this would be the lustful who only made one bad choice to
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Amanda Aurigemma 1 / 13 / 15 Canto V Summary: Dante and Virgil now go into the Second Circle of Hell‚ where people are punished for lust. The punished are stuck in a continuous windy storm in which they can never land. In this circle‚ Dante and Virgil encounter many people such as Dido‚ Cleopatra‚ Achilles‚ Paris‚ and many more. Most importantly‚ Paolo and Francesca‚ a couple that is swept through the storm together‚ talk to Dante and share the tragic story of their love and how it led them to
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There are many ways in which a gothic novel may be recognized. For example‚ many motifs and symbols help in identifying whether the book is a gothic novel or not. The author‚ Alexandre Dumas‚ uses Edmond Dantès‚ the main character from The Count of Monte Cristo‚ to prove the book a gothic novel through Edmond’s strong hatred‚ merciless revenge‚ and portrayal of rebirth. One of the many motifs found in The Count of Monte Cristo is hatred. The Count of Monte Cristo swore to ruin his three friends
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was written to the time Shakespeare’s sonnets were published. The change was slow‚ in Gilgamesh women are tempting animalistic people and in Homer’s “Iliad‚” and the “Odyssey‚” the women represent what was and wasn’t okay in society. In Dante’s “Inferno” the woman Beatrice was a symbol of holiness to him and he used her as a symbol to represent his salvation. Later‚ Petrarch used Dante’s mold to create Laura‚ who unlike Beatrice was described more as a physical symbol than as a holy symbol. Shakespeare
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Shakespeare’s Hamlet: A Masterpiece of Combined Efforts Shakespeare’s timeless work of literature‚ and one of the most popular plays to this day‚ Hamlet‚ was not just a tale Shakespeare himself thought up on his own with no inspiration from outside sources. Shakespeare’s wonderful writing stems from not only his natural talent‚ but from his influence pulled from the great writers who came before him. Literature builds upon itself; every work of literature in existence has some inspiration from another
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