PPT-Dante Alighieri

12651321 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. 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. 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?. 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 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 . Autrice: Barra Fabiana. Anno: 2013-2014. Istituto: I.T.I.V.E.Marzotto. infinito e probabilità. INDICE. TITOLO SLIDE. 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.. 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?. 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.”. 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. 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 . 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,--.