PPT-Dante’s Divine Comedy

PreReading Study Guide By PresenterMediacom Who was Dante Alighieri Dante of course is the author of The Divine Comedy He was born a Roman Catholic in Florence in 1265 CE He died of malaria in Ravenna Italy in 1321 the night of Sept 1314 . brPage 1br Divine Consign Divine Consign Divine Consign Divine Consign Divine Consign Divine Consign Consignor Item Description Size Comedy. We call cultural content meant primarily to generate mirth “comedy”. All genres include comedic elements. Some argue that any story where the low-born or put-upon rise to a higher station and a better end is a comedy. : 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.. Farce: . a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited . situation rather than upon the development of character. . Comedy of Manners: . A comedy satirizing the . attitudes and behavior of a particular social group, often of fashionable. 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. 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 . “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. Definition of Comedy. Comedy . is a genre of film that features light hearted stories designed to entertain and amuse an audience with . humour. .. Comedy . is one of the oldest genres in film. In fact some of the first silent movies were comedies.. VOCABULARY LIST. CRITICAL VIEWING. BLACK COMEDY. Looking at the . grim. with a grin; “black comedy finds humor in serious matters . (e.g. death, terminal illness, etc.) . Fargo, The Cable Guy,. The Graduate, Dr. 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 & deep lakes (later poetry). A play may be a tragedy, a comedy, or, in modern drama, a mixture of the two.. A . tragedy. depicts serious and important events that end unhappily. . A . comedy. ends happily. Although most comedies are funny, they may also make us think and question.. 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. . All genres include comedic elements. Some argue that any story where the low-born or put-upon rise to a higher station and a better end is a comedy. Comedy is not content-specific. May have to do with just about anything. 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?.