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At the midpoint of life's journey, where does Dante find himself? - ✔✔Dark Wood of Error
Who appears to guide Dante on his journey? Why is this significant? - ✔✔Virgil; he symbolizes reason;
also acts as a father figure to Dante; he is the only way that Dante can make it all the way through hell;
Beatrice sends an angel to tell Virgil to be the one to guide Dante
How does Dante react to the first horrors he sees in Hell? - ✔✔He feels pity and cries for the sinners;
he faints
What is Minos role in Circle Two? - ✔✔He decides each sinners fate and tells them what degree of
hell they will go to by wrapping his tail that number of times
Why must the souls in Circle Two whirl endlessly? How does this "fit" their sin? - ✔✔They were driven
by uncontrolled passion; fits lust because they had uncontrolled passion for many different people but
they really only loved one person; when Dante mentioned their lovers name along with their name
they would pause
Describe the area around Satan. - ✔✔Very icy, dark, windy, sinners laying all different ways
Describe Satan. - ✔✔Hideous, 3 faces (red, yellow, black), each head had 2 wings, 3 winds blew
from him, wept from his 6 eyes, 3 chins, tears mixed with blood and pus, had 3 sinners in his mouth;
also called King of Hell, Emperor of the Universe of Pain, Lucifer, Great Worm of Evil
What sin is punished in Circle 9? - ✔✔betrayal
What punishment do Judas, Brutus, and Cassius endure? - ✔✔They are chewed endlessly by Satan
, Why do you think the circles get smaller as they go down? - ✔✔The sins are less extreme as they
go down so the circles are smaller because there isn't as harsh a punishment
How do Dane and Virgil escape? - ✔✔They climb down Satan's shaggy side
What does Virgil represent allegorically? - ✔✔human reason
What does Dante's journey represent allegorically? - ✔✔the journey of a human soul
What do the three beasts in the Woods represent allegorically? - ✔✔Sin; leopard symbol of fraud;
lion symbol of pride; she-wolf symbol of avarice
What does Dante reveal to the reader about his views on sin and punishment? - ✔✔Creates
contrapasso; the idea that divine punishment of the damned in hell would mirror the sin being punished
What about his views on human nature? - ✔✔Human sympathy towards the people in hell, human
evil, moral is not human happiness on Earth but God's will in heaven, believes that his quest is
necessary for all human beings
What is significant about the timing of Dante's journey? - ✔✔3 days; begins on Good Friday and ends
on Easter Sunday
Make sure you can write about the Cleopatra article. What level of hell would you place her in? Why?
- ✔✔Put her in fraud; she had greed for personal gain and did wrong in order to get it
Dante - ✔✔1. Medieval Italian poet and philosopher 2. Many of the things that happened in his life
are included in Inferno including his early childhood. 3. Married Gemma but was in love with Beatrice
4. Became very interested in the Florentine culture. 5. Was exiled to Florentine
Beatrice - ✔✔1. Dante's secret lover 2. She is Dante's guide through paradise. 3. Representation of
spiritual love 4. Asks an angel to find Virgil and guide Dante through hell 5. Entire journey of Dante's is
to find her
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