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Inferno Visions of Hell The GREEK Underworld Rulers Hades and Persephone Location Beneath secret places of earth Iliad Over edge of world across ocean Odyssey Various entrances in caverns amp deep lakes later poetry. : A Synopsis. Braden J. Krien .  University Honors Program .  University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The Divine Comedy. is an epic poem by the Dante Alighieri in which the character Dante must travel through Hell and Purgatory with the aid of Virgil before he is brought into Heaven by the first love of his life, Beatrice. The poem is not only the story of an imagined physical journey through the afterlife but also a allegorical journey towards salvation and a representation of the development of the poet.. 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. Inferno. Oooh…Scary. !. Before we begin our journey into the depths of Dante’s Hell…. What other depictions of Hell have you seen?. Ever play “DOOM?”. Ever wonder what Hell . looks . like?. 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?. CANTO 3: THE VESTIBULE OF HELL. 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). 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.. will be introduced to Dante's Inferno . Into to Dante!!. This is what we will be reading this week!!. Okay, kind of a stretch, but you will get the jest of it :) . https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdqY2a9iRXw. Autrice: Barra Fabiana. Anno: 2013-2014. Istituto: I.T.I.V.E.Marzotto. infinito e probabilità. INDICE. TITOLO SLIDE. 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.. 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?. Games. Peter Bro . Miltersen. Aarhus . University. 1. CTW 2009. My . apologies. …. For not . getting. slides . ready. in time for . inclusion. in . booklet. !. Slides . available. at http://www.daimi.au.dk/~bromille. The Birth of Dante’s Purgatory Though Dante’s topography for the realms of Hell and Paradise are influenced by existing scriptural and visionary texts, his topographical vision of Purgatory is largely original. Dante Gabriel Rossetti. I have been here before,. But when or how I cannot tell:. I know the grass beyond the door,. The sweet keen smell,. . .. The sighing sound, the lights around the shore. You have been mine before,--. cammin. di nostra vita. mi ritrovai per una selva oscura. ché la diritta via era . smarrita.. Ahi . quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura. esta. . selva selvaggia e aspra e forte. che nel . pensier. .