PPT-Circles of Hell Dante Circle

1 Limbo On the first level also called Limbo reside those who died before being baptized as well as virtuous pagans who lived and died before the birth of Christ Here can be found poets and philosophers from the pagan world such as Virgil Homer Horace Ovid Socrates Plato and surprisingly considering that he led the Arab armies against the Christian crusaders the Moslem leader Saladin . A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 57513 2003 HighScope Educational Research Foundation 21 Language and Literacy Language and Literacy Language and Literacy Circle one Item Q R S T U V W X Circle one Level 12345 Date Observer Circ Dante. Circle . 1. Limbo. On the first level, also called Limbo, reside those who died before being baptized as well as virtuous pagans who lived and died before the birth of Christ. Here can be found poets and philosophers from the pagan world such as Virgil, Homer, Horace, Ovid, Socrates, Plato and, surprisingly (considering that he led the Arab armies against the Christian crusaders) the Moslem leader Saladin. . Ms. . Andrejko. Vocabulary. Radius-. a segment with endpoints at the center and on the circle. Chord-. segment with both endpoints on the circle. Diameter-. chord that passes through the center and has endpoints on the circle. Pre-Reading Study Guide. By . PresenterMedia.com. Who was Dante Alighieri?. Dante, of course, is the author of . The Divine Comedy. . He was born a Roman Catholic in Florence in 1265 C.E. . He died of malaria in Ravenna, Italy, in 1321 (the night of Sept. 13-14). . Inferno. Cantos. Canto 1: The Dark Wood of Error. Read handout for Canto 1 (lines 1-60). Answer the following question:. Dante says in line 12 of Canto 1 that he has wandered from the “True Way.” If the “Dark Wood of Error” is a symbol of worldliness, what does the True Way represent? On an allegorical level, what might the three animals that try to force Dante back into the Dark Wood represent?. I AM THE WAY INTO THE CITY OF WOE. I AM THE WAY TO A FORSAKEN PEOPLE . I AM THE WAY INTO ETERNAL SORROW. SCARED JUSTICE MOVED MY ARCHITECT. I WAS RAISED HERE BY. DIVINE OMNIPOTENCE . PRIMODRIAL LOVE . Dante. Circle . 1. Limbo. On the first level, also called Limbo, reside those who died before being baptized as well as virtuous pagans who lived and died before the birth of Christ. Here can be found poets and philosophers from the pagan world such as Virgil, Homer, Horace, Ovid, Socrates, Plato and, surprisingly (considering that he led the Arab armies against the Christian crusaders) the Moslem leader Saladin. . Summary. In canto III, Dante travels through the gate. What he sees overwhelms him. The sinners in this area are forever chasing a banner. They are being chased by hornets and wasps, and their blood feeds worms and maggots that live below. Virgil guides Dante to the river that leads further into the inferno. Charon denies Dante’s passage further into the inferno because he is a living man destined for a better place. Virgil tells Charon that Dante must make this journey. At the end of the canto, Dante faints.. The Virtuous Pagans. Circle One: Pre-Christian. Those in circle one never had the opportunity to know God’s light; therefore, they cannot be punished for it nor can they enter Heaven.. They are people who were considered noble and virtuous in their societies.. – Introduction. Allegory: . a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. .. Allusion: . an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.. Italian: “. Divina. Commedia”. Dante. Alighieri. 1265–1321 (56 years). Nickname: “The Supreme Poet” . (. il. . Sommo. . Poeta. ). Born in Florence, Italy. Florence. Not much is known about Dante's education, and it is presumed he studied at home or in a chapter school attached to a church or monastery in Florence. . Canto 1: The Dark Wood of Error. Read handout for Canto 1 (lines 1-60). Answer the following question:. Dante says in line 12 of Canto 1 that he has wandered from the “True Way.” If the “Dark Wood of Error” is a symbol of worldliness, what does the True Way represent? On an allegorical level, what might the three animals that try to force Dante back into the Dark Wood represent?. The Virtuous Pagans. Once across the Acheron river, Dante perceives Hell to be in a funnel shape, with the bottom at the Earth’s center. Ledges follow the funnel to the bottom, and each of these ledges is referred to as a “circle.” As the funnel descends, the sins and punishments become more serious.. April, 23,2009. English 230. Assignment 3. . Cantos 7. The entrance of circle 4-The Avaricious and Prodigal. The Fourth Circle is one of just three in all the circles of Hell in which Dante recognizes no one, so deeply did he feel that a life of concern with getting and spending destroys the soul. What he does recognize is how many leaders of the Church are in this circle; no wonder the world goes wrong, he says later in Purgatory, if those who are supposed to guide us all to the bliss of union with God are themselves obsessed with material things..