PPT-Dante ’ s Inferno Layers of Hell

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. : 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?. 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. 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 . 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. 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.. 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?. 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.”.