Inferno Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Dante's Inferno Questions and Answers 100% Pass How is Minos described Grinning, Grotesque, and hale What is Minos function? He is judge of the lost souls What does Minos decide and how? He decides which place in hell you deserve. He chooses by wrapping his tail around himself and the number of times is the number of the circle you go down to. What does Dante want to know when in Hell? Why souls have been sent there? Who are the people that are whopping by Dante's head? Cleopatra, Paris, T...

Dante's Inferno Canto 1 Questions and Answers 100% Correct what is a canto? division of a long poem (chapter) what is an allegory? work with 2 layers of meaning, the 2nd more deep and meaningful how is the divine comedy an allegory? it's putting a deeper meaning on dantes struggles in his life or humanities struggles to stay of on the right path how are the opening of the illiad and canto 1 different? the illiad explains things in a more surface level way and canto 1 explains things in a de...

Who was the girl that Dante met only twice, but had a huge impact on his life? - Beatrice Which town was Dante born and raised in? - Florence Why was Dante exiled from his hometown? - His political party fell out of power The Divine Comedy is a long poem that contains three books, which are called: - Paradisio, Purgatorio, Inferno Dante put a lot of thought into the language he wrote his poems in, so he decided to write The Divine Comedy in... - Italian dialects Which of the following are...

Good Friday - ANSWER On what christian holiday does the inferno begin? 35 - ANSWER How old is Dante at the beginning of Inferno The sullen - ANSWER Which group of sinners must stay submerged in the river of Styx? Evil Claws - ANSWER What is the meaning of the word "Malebranche" The Ghibellines - ANSWER Of which Florentine political party was Farinata a leader? Heaven - ANSWER Where does Beatrice reside after death? Lucifer is chewing on his head. - ANSWER Why is Judas unable ...

Who wrote The Divine Comedy? - Dante Alighieri During what half of which century was it written? - during the first half of the fourteenth century In what country did the author live? - italy Where does Dante find himself in Canto I, and what does this place symbolize? - The Dark Wood of Error; worldliness and sin What is incontinence? - not restrained, uncontrolled excretory function Why can't Dante get to the divine light? - The lion, the leopard, and the she-wolf (or she-woof, if you ...

Dante's Inferno - Circles of Hell Latest Update 100% Pass Circle 1 = Limbo (Canto IV) Sinners: the Virtuous Heathen; the Unbaptized Punishment: Loss of Hope; they must exist in desire for the glory of God without ever being able to attain it Circle 2 (Canto V) Sinners: the Lustful Punishment: They become bird like and are buffeted by stormy winds Circle 3 (Canto VI) Sinners: the Gluttonous Punishment: rained upon by foul water and snow; they lie helpless in the filth Circle 4 (Canto VII) ...

Where was Dante Alighieri from? - Florence, Italy Where was Dante buried? - Ravenna When was the Divine Comedy written? - The Divine Comedy involves a symbolic journey of the..... - Spiritual quest for redemption. The Three Parts of the Divine Comedy are? - Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), Paradiso (Heaven) The three parts represent? - Easter Triduum The work is divided into? - Cantos (100) and Tercets Inferno- 34 Purgatorio- 33 Paradiso- 33

Dante's Inferno - Sins and Punishments Latest Update Graded A The Vestibule - The Opportunists Sin - Neither good nor evil in life but only for themselves; outcasts who took no sides in the Rebellion of the Angels. Neither in Hell nor out of it. Punishment - run in endless circles after a banner through the filthy air while being stung by wasps and hornets Circle 1 (Limbo) - The Virtuous Pagans Sin - Born before Christ: were not baptized Punishment - no torment; they feel as if there is no hop...

Dante - The author and protagonist of Inferno; the focus of all action and interaction with other characters. Virgil - Dante's guide through the depths of Hell.(Human Reason) Beatrice - One of the blessed in Heaven, Beatrice aids Dante's journey by asking an angel to find Virgil and bid him guide Dante through Hell. Like Dante and Virgil, Beatrice corresponds to a historical personage. Charon - A figure that Dante appropriates from Greek mythology, Charon is an old man who ferries souls...

When did Dante live? - (barely in middle ages) Where was Dante born? - Florence What political turmoil was occurring during Dante's life in Florence? - argument between Holy Roman Emperor and Pope about separation between church and state Why was Dante exiled? - because he did not support the party that won the argument When Dante wrote the divine comedy, How did he determine where people would be placed in Hell? - the people who had a direct hand in his exile were lower in Hell What is...