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.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)