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Inferno Cantos Canto 1 The Dark Wood of Error Read handout for Canto 1 lines 160 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. Canto XII. Professor Andrea . Mazzucchi. Università. . di. Napoli ‘Federico II’. Critical treatments of Inferno Canto 12 have expressed serious reservations, and even quite negative assessments, that it is discordant in tone and lacks organic structure. . 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. 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. 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. 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. . 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?. 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 . cammin. di nostra vita. mi ritrovai per una selva oscura. ché la diritta via era . smarrita.. Ahi . quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura. esta. . selva selvaggia e aspra e forte. che nel . pensier. .   .   Grant . Birtman.  . Background. Canto XII takes place in the Seventh circle, and 1st ring of hell. Dante and Virgil enter the circle and find the mythological beast, the Minotaur, guarding it. Virgil begins to mock the creature. Enraged, it charged at the pair. To avoid the beast, they danced to the side and managed to run into a pass as it was blind with rage. As they exit the pass, they come upon a river of boiling blood (The .