level 1 panderers and seducers- used ppl to meet their own goals
whipped by giant black demons and move in circles
Venedico Caccianemico
level 2-flatterers falsely advertised or flattered
live in piles of crap and slime and they eat it and are covered in it
Thais- prostitute of classical literature
level 3-simoniacs-people who sold church offices instead of giving them to the right person
burned upside dwn in a whole surrounded by oil. Feet are exposed and burned
Pope Nicholas III is here for neptism and sellig church positions.
Level 4 SOrcerers, soothsayers and fortune tellers=magical people
people have their eads backwars and must walk backwards.
MAnto is here
level 5-barrators and grafters- people who stole from close friends and trustees, cheaters.
live n a boiling tar and are stabbed by pitchforks if they are seen by the black demons above.
Fra GOmita-sold freedom t prisoners
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Cantos 23-25
Canto 23
line 47--"Not like his mere companion, but like his child"
This quote goes along with the idea that Dante is one of the greatest poets. He is classifying himself as the son of Virgil and thus relating himself as a great poet. It also is prising Virgil as a great fatherly leader and figure.
Canto 24
line 103-104--"Just so expires the Pheonix in its flames,"
This is odd because he is comparing these souls to the noble pheonix. this could be because he was condemned to this ring by the people who exiled him from florence. He could be justifying this circle just incase he ends up going there.
Canto 25
The idea that the people are morphing into a snake symolize that the people were snakes in their lifetime. They were frauds and sly like a snake.
line 47--"Not like his mere companion, but like his child"
This quote goes along with the idea that Dante is one of the greatest poets. He is classifying himself as the son of Virgil and thus relating himself as a great poet. It also is prising Virgil as a great fatherly leader and figure.
Canto 24
line 103-104--"Just so expires the Pheonix in its flames,"
This is odd because he is comparing these souls to the noble pheonix. this could be because he was condemned to this ring by the people who exiled him from florence. He could be justifying this circle just incase he ends up going there.
Canto 25
The idea that the people are morphing into a snake symolize that the people were snakes in their lifetime. They were frauds and sly like a snake.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Cantos 20-22
Canto XX
The digression of the story of Manto is interesting. It shows that souls in this realm are put there becasue of magic use. However, it doesnt seem like Manto has done much to deserve to be put in this ring of hell. The story could be a condemning of the people of mantua, a rival city-state, to florence.
Bodies of water are a motif and mean different things throughout the story.
Canto XXI
lines 10-..."and so instead one uses the time to make his ship anew...
Boats are a motif in Dantes Inferno, the dragon creature that carried them to the eighth level was depicted as a boat. Now the level is compared to the winter when people use the time to repair their ships and put new tar on them. Boats symbolize travel and new places. Boats could be used in this poem because they symbolize the travel to a new level or into a new place.
Canto XXII
line 137--"A full grown hawk equipped with claws to respond"
the conparing of the demons to hawks is an interesting idea. hawks symbolize flight, hunting, and freedom. However, the demons are only free in that they are not tortured in hell, they are only stuck there. They do however hunt the souls of hell and fly.
When the two demons fall into the tar and burn they are compared to crusts, suggesting that they have no middle or soul. Hawks are a symbol of a free soul.
The digression of the story of Manto is interesting. It shows that souls in this realm are put there becasue of magic use. However, it doesnt seem like Manto has done much to deserve to be put in this ring of hell. The story could be a condemning of the people of mantua, a rival city-state, to florence.
Bodies of water are a motif and mean different things throughout the story.
Canto XXI
lines 10-..."and so instead one uses the time to make his ship anew...
Boats are a motif in Dantes Inferno, the dragon creature that carried them to the eighth level was depicted as a boat. Now the level is compared to the winter when people use the time to repair their ships and put new tar on them. Boats symbolize travel and new places. Boats could be used in this poem because they symbolize the travel to a new level or into a new place.
Canto XXII
line 137--"A full grown hawk equipped with claws to respond"
the conparing of the demons to hawks is an interesting idea. hawks symbolize flight, hunting, and freedom. However, the demons are only free in that they are not tortured in hell, they are only stuck there. They do however hunt the souls of hell and fly.
When the two demons fall into the tar and burn they are compared to crusts, suggesting that they have no middle or soul. Hawks are a symbol of a free soul.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Dante Cantos 16-19
Canto 16
Line 17--"linked their bodies in a wheel"
I interpreted this as being a comment due to the fact that the people in this section of hell. The people are connected by their gayness. The chapions are ancient wrestlers which reinforces the idea that wrestling is gay, this could be a comment by Dante that writing is better than sports.
Canto 17
Line 49--"Each had a purse hung round his neck"
Dante used the purses as a label to put more people who he hates into hell. The family emblems each represent a family of Padua. Padua is a city state that is probably an opponent of florence. For this, dante condemns the inhabitants to hell.
Canto 18
In this section of the 8th circle of hell Dante finds the soul of Venidico Caccianemico who he labels as a pimp by putting him in this circle of hell. The punishment in this level is quite ironic because the pimps are beaten by the demons and controled much like they had controled and sold women.
Canto 19
line 48--"boniface, are you already there"
This goes with the theme of the atrocities of the church. Pope Boniface III is labeled as destined for the deep rings of hell because he was expected there. Boniface had a personal part in banishing Dante and therefor he is a very special enemy in Dantes eyes.
Line 17--"linked their bodies in a wheel"
I interpreted this as being a comment due to the fact that the people in this section of hell. The people are connected by their gayness. The chapions are ancient wrestlers which reinforces the idea that wrestling is gay, this could be a comment by Dante that writing is better than sports.
Canto 17
Line 49--"Each had a purse hung round his neck"
Dante used the purses as a label to put more people who he hates into hell. The family emblems each represent a family of Padua. Padua is a city state that is probably an opponent of florence. For this, dante condemns the inhabitants to hell.
Canto 18
In this section of the 8th circle of hell Dante finds the soul of Venidico Caccianemico who he labels as a pimp by putting him in this circle of hell. The punishment in this level is quite ironic because the pimps are beaten by the demons and controled much like they had controled and sold women.
Canto 19
line 48--"boniface, are you already there"
This goes with the theme of the atrocities of the church. Pope Boniface III is labeled as destined for the deep rings of hell because he was expected there. Boniface had a personal part in banishing Dante and therefor he is a very special enemy in Dantes eyes.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Cantos 13, 14, 15
Canto XIII
Line 9--"the repellent harpies make their nest"
this line introduces another monster from classical liturature. The Harpy is a femle monster that shrieks and torments men. This goes along with the many other classical beasts found in hell.
Why is violence against ones self before violence before god and after violence to others? it seems that it would be lesser ring of the 7th level.
Canto XIV
lines 38-52--The man, copaneus, seems to pay no heed to the falling fire and the souls around him. Even in death he is to proud to not hate god. This shows true ignorance on his part and is a comment by Dante on the nature of kings who think themselves above god.
The figure that produces the rivers from each type of metal in its body is an interesting symbol. Each type of metal represents a different society in the history of man.(the bronze age, gold age, iron age...) This is interesting because many of these ages were before christianity and therefore they produce the rivers of hell. If a new age dawns will another river appear? As society devlopes is Dante hinting that more evils will be produced?
Canto XV
Brunetto was Dantes mentor...this fits in that dante is discovering his past in a way and finding all of the souls that he had once known in life. Dante the poet is condemning those souls to hell. This is an interesting person to condemn because Dante seems fond of him.. Why is this?
line 90--"i am prepared for Fortune to do her will"
This fits with the theme of fate and acceptance. Dante is ready to allow whatever fate is destined to be his. He asks of his future knowing that he cannot change it. This is a good trait. dante gives his character this to make him seem more noble.
Line 9--"the repellent harpies make their nest"
this line introduces another monster from classical liturature. The Harpy is a femle monster that shrieks and torments men. This goes along with the many other classical beasts found in hell.
Why is violence against ones self before violence before god and after violence to others? it seems that it would be lesser ring of the 7th level.
Canto XIV
lines 38-52--The man, copaneus, seems to pay no heed to the falling fire and the souls around him. Even in death he is to proud to not hate god. This shows true ignorance on his part and is a comment by Dante on the nature of kings who think themselves above god.
The figure that produces the rivers from each type of metal in its body is an interesting symbol. Each type of metal represents a different society in the history of man.(the bronze age, gold age, iron age...) This is interesting because many of these ages were before christianity and therefore they produce the rivers of hell. If a new age dawns will another river appear? As society devlopes is Dante hinting that more evils will be produced?
Canto XV
Brunetto was Dantes mentor...this fits in that dante is discovering his past in a way and finding all of the souls that he had once known in life. Dante the poet is condemning those souls to hell. This is an interesting person to condemn because Dante seems fond of him.. Why is this?
line 90--"i am prepared for Fortune to do her will"
This fits with the theme of fate and acceptance. Dante is ready to allow whatever fate is destined to be his. He asks of his future knowing that he cannot change it. This is a good trait. dante gives his character this to make him seem more noble.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Cantos 9-10
Cantos IX
Lines 39-43--"he fierce Erinyes,; He said, who knew those handmaids of the queen...Megaera...Alecto...Tisiphone."
The three fate plus medusa and hectate, the queen of hell, gaurd thecity of Dis. The three, again following the theme of threebeing a holy number, are monsters who seduced men. The placing of them here could be a testament to womens seductive nature and that women at that time werent very good and therefor deserved hell.
Lines 70-73--"a thousand souls of the ruined; Flee before one who strode across the Styx; Dry-shod as though on land. With his left hand; He cleared the polluted air before his face."
Their are many important keys in this quote. First is that the evil souls flee before him, this shows the obvious dominance of heaven over hell. It also shows how powerful heaven is. Second is that he strode across the river without getting wet, possibly an allusion to the bible. Third is that with his "left" hand he cleared the pollution. This shows that it used very little effort since the right hand is considered stronger.
Canto X
Lines 21-25--"Your way of speakin in so courteous a fashion-;...shows that you were born; in the same noble fatherland: there where; I possibly have wrought excessive harm."
This, firsty, reinforces the theme of Dantes glorification of himself. He uses the character to show that he is of a great place and speaks very eliquently. Secondly, it goes along with the idea that all of Dantes enemies are in hell. This man attcked Dante's homeland, and therefore he is labled as a non-believer and setenced to hell.
The people in the burning coffins who id not believe in the afterlife are sentenced to only be able to see the past and the future. They cannot live in the present because that was their flaw in life, they only believed in the now, they did not believe in the future afterlife. This goes along with the rest of the book in that the condemned suffers what they did wrong in life.
Lines 39-43--"he fierce Erinyes,; He said, who knew those handmaids of the queen...Megaera...Alecto...Tisiphone."
The three fate plus medusa and hectate, the queen of hell, gaurd thecity of Dis. The three, again following the theme of threebeing a holy number, are monsters who seduced men. The placing of them here could be a testament to womens seductive nature and that women at that time werent very good and therefor deserved hell.
Lines 70-73--"a thousand souls of the ruined; Flee before one who strode across the Styx; Dry-shod as though on land. With his left hand; He cleared the polluted air before his face."
Their are many important keys in this quote. First is that the evil souls flee before him, this shows the obvious dominance of heaven over hell. It also shows how powerful heaven is. Second is that he strode across the river without getting wet, possibly an allusion to the bible. Third is that with his "left" hand he cleared the pollution. This shows that it used very little effort since the right hand is considered stronger.
Canto X
Lines 21-25--"Your way of speakin in so courteous a fashion-;...shows that you were born; in the same noble fatherland: there where; I possibly have wrought excessive harm."
This, firsty, reinforces the theme of Dantes glorification of himself. He uses the character to show that he is of a great place and speaks very eliquently. Secondly, it goes along with the idea that all of Dantes enemies are in hell. This man attcked Dante's homeland, and therefore he is labled as a non-believer and setenced to hell.
The people in the burning coffins who id not believe in the afterlife are sentenced to only be able to see the past and the future. They cannot live in the present because that was their flaw in life, they only believed in the now, they did not believe in the future afterlife. This goes along with the rest of the book in that the condemned suffers what they did wrong in life.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Dantes Inferno Cantos 7 & 8
Cantos 7
Lines 40-41--"At the circle's facing points, that mark devision: Between opposite faults"
The fault he speeks of is hoarding and excessive spending. These are opposite sides of greed. The soenders want to find all of the new comforts whereas the hoarders find comfort in as much money and possesions as they can have. In the book the two people run against eachother crushing the other with rocks. This shows the conflict between the two sides.
Lines 101--"these are the souls whom anger overcame"
The fourth level of hell is also reserved for those people who allowed anger to control them. They were destined to fight and attack eachother forever, others were trapped in the black-purple water of the land.
Cantos 8
Lines 58 and 63--"Come get Filippo Argenti" and "i leaned forward to peer out intently"
the first quote is another of the author dante's attacks on one of his rivals or enemies. He portrays the man as a man destined to hell that gets ripped apart. The second quote depicts Dante watching the carnage of the man intently and being happy about it. He says that he gives god thanks for allowing him to watch it. This is implying that Dante is above the normal person. He has just willed someone to die and he believes that he will be fine and remain vertuous. This idea that Dante is better than the others recurs many times.
Line 88-89--"You remain here, who have guided such a one: Over terrain so dark." You Judge, O reader"
This is spoken by the gaurds of the City of Dis. They want Virgil to stay but not Dante. This could be because Dante knows how to get to the lower regions of hell which they want to protect from good people. Also they do not want Dante, who in Dantes perspective is a virtuouus and good man, to pass on through the gates. They are afraid of everything good.
Lines 40-41--"At the circle's facing points, that mark devision: Between opposite faults"
The fault he speeks of is hoarding and excessive spending. These are opposite sides of greed. The soenders want to find all of the new comforts whereas the hoarders find comfort in as much money and possesions as they can have. In the book the two people run against eachother crushing the other with rocks. This shows the conflict between the two sides.
Lines 101--"these are the souls whom anger overcame"
The fourth level of hell is also reserved for those people who allowed anger to control them. They were destined to fight and attack eachother forever, others were trapped in the black-purple water of the land.
Cantos 8
Lines 58 and 63--"Come get Filippo Argenti" and "i leaned forward to peer out intently"
the first quote is another of the author dante's attacks on one of his rivals or enemies. He portrays the man as a man destined to hell that gets ripped apart. The second quote depicts Dante watching the carnage of the man intently and being happy about it. He says that he gives god thanks for allowing him to watch it. This is implying that Dante is above the normal person. He has just willed someone to die and he believes that he will be fine and remain vertuous. This idea that Dante is better than the others recurs many times.
Line 88-89--"You remain here, who have guided such a one: Over terrain so dark." You Judge, O reader"
This is spoken by the gaurds of the City of Dis. They want Virgil to stay but not Dante. This could be because Dante knows how to get to the lower regions of hell which they want to protect from good people. Also they do not want Dante, who in Dantes perspective is a virtuouus and good man, to pass on through the gates. They are afraid of everything good.
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