PPT-Dante

Inferno OoohScary Before we begin our journey into the depths of Dantes Hell What other depictions of Hell have you seen Ever play DOOM Ever wonder what Hell looks like. 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). . 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. 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?. 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. Autrice: Barra Fabiana. Anno: 2013-2014. Istituto: I.T.I.V.E.Marzotto. infinito e probabilità. INDICE. TITOLO SLIDE. “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. 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.. 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 “. 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). Class project for Dr.Hale’s World Literature Course - Fall 1999 by Barbara Christopher. How to stay out of Hell. “The Law of contradiction is a basic principle of Aristotelian logic: to repent of one’s sin and to want to commit it at the same time is a self-contradiction.”. 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,--.