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 . 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. . journey. in the . next. world, a long . journey. . of. the soul. THE DIVINE COMEDY. The Divine Comedy . is. the . most. . important. . italian. . poem. . of. . all. . times. . . It. . was. 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 . By Dante Alighieri. LIFE AND TIMES. Dante was born in 1265 in Florence. . At the age of 9 he met for the first time the eight-year-old . Beatrice . Portinari. , who became in effect his Muse. , and remained, after her death in 1290, the central inspiration for his major poems.. 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. . An exciting journey through . all the circles of Hell. Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. “Hell has enlarged its soul and opened its mouth without any limits.”. - Isaiah 5:14. Three Days in Hell. “Hell has enlarged its soul and opened its mouth without any limits.”. - Isaiah 5:14. Dante’s Inferno. Author Biography. Dante Alighieri. Son of a nobleman. Born May1265 in Florence, Italy. 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.. By Dante Alighieri. LIFE AND TIMES. Dante was born in 1265 in Florence. . At the age of 9 he met for the first time the eight-year-old . Beatrice . Portinari. , who became in effect his Muse. , and remained, after her death in 1290, the central inspiration for his major poems.. – 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. . The Opportunists. “Neither for good nor evil but only for themselves”. Uncommitted one way or another; never chose sides in Rebellion of Angels. Reside on shores of Acheron (not in Hell or outside of it). 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..