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Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy is an epic poem written over a 13 year period by Dante Alighieri. The story was written in three parts, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.
402 Questions
What is one way that setting is important in the inferno?
the setting is important because the organization of Hell into nine circles reflects Dante's belief in an orderly universe.
In what way does the setting express dantes views about heretics in these lines?
The chaos of the same means Dante thinks the heretics thoughts and behaviors as illogical
Dante journeys from the outer circle to the inner circles of Hell.
Dante believed that betrayal is the worst sin because of the pain it causes others
That would be the Sing-sing circle.
What do Chaucer's The Monk's Tale and Dante's Inferno have in common?
Both discuss the fates of famous men and women.
What element of Dante's Inferno shows the reader that he wants to expose corruption in the church?
By placing many church leaders among the sinners in Hell
What aspect of Dante's Inferno is most likely to give insight into the author's perspective?
The people who are seen suffering in Hell
The descending rings of Hell and their inhabitants
What about the inferno is best supported in the text?
Canto XX shows Dante's compassionate side when he weeps for the false prophets' disfigured bodies.
Dante's view of traitors as the worst of sinners is evident when he shows that they reside in the final ring of Hell.
Dante believed demons are evil and ignorant, as shown by the scene in which they are tricked by a sinner.
What are symbolic meaning does the character Dante most likely represent in the inferno?
He represents mankind -Apex
Who is dido in Dante's Inferno?
Dido was a widowed Queen of Carthage in Virgil's poem of the Aeneid. She become lover to Aeneas the hero of the story but committed suicide when Aeneas abandoned her to continue his mission to establish a new civilization in Italy. Perhaps why Dante places Dido in the 2nd circle of Lust and not in circle 7: Violence with the suicides, is that Dante felt her betrayal to her deceased husband in taking Aeneas as a lover out of a lustful desire was stronger then the way of her death.
What symbolic meaning does the character of Virgil most likely represent in the inferno?
He represents human wisdom
What element of Dante's Inferno shows the reader that he believes some sins are worse than others?
The structure of Hell itself
Where did Dante finds Judas in the inferno?
Judas was found with the worst possible being.
Dante, guided with Virgil, looked upon Satan, in all his shame. It is said by Dante that Satan had 3 head, each chewing on a traitor. The side heads were chewing on Brutus and Cassius, murderers to Julius Caesar. But the middle head is chewing on Juda's head for all time. He chews on his head while clawing at his back.
What is the most likely reason Dante included Ulysses as a sinner in Hell?
He wanted to show that even earthly heroes have flaws and all will have to pay for their sins.
Writing in the narrative poetry format.
