PPT-Dante Alighieri

By Robert Sobel Have You Ever Wondered What Hell Looks Like Ordinary World Born in 1265 to a family with a history of involvement in the complex Florentine political scene When . Inferno. Canto IV. Circle I: Limbo. “This is the highest state that man can achieve without God”(49). VIRTUOUS PAGANS. “Without hope, we live on in desire” (51). The citadel of human reason & Other features of limbo. 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.. 1265-1321. The Inferno. The Inferno is an . Allegory. It is meant to be understood on two levels . 1. Literal . – actual progress through the story. - . Dante literally travels from hell through purgatory and finally heaven. 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.. 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.. Summary. Dante and Virgil enter the second circle of Hell and meet Minos, the guardian and judge of this circle. . The second circle is a big storm/whirlwind where the lustful are thrown around forever.. – 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. . 1. What do you think happens in Canto 6-33, if you know that Canto 5 was about Circle 2, and Canto 34 is about Circle 9? . 2. . What sin will put you in Circle 9, and who lives there?. 3. . What does “. 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 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). Antithesis: . a person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else. .. Who . and what are . the . antitheses of . God . and . heaven? . . The . Devil . and hell. What . words and images come into your head when you think about .