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Dante Alighieri
• Lived 1265-1321 (56 years)
• Arranged to marry at 12 years old
• Fell in love with Beatrice
• Politician then writer
The Poem contains 100 (the perfect number) cantos or chapters and nine levels of hell
• Dante is exiled from Florence, but he believes the city ROME is the most important.
• Dante is exiled from Florence, but he believes the city ROME is the most important.
Abandon all Hope..
• Inferno (Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy.
• It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through what is largely the medieval concept of Hell,
• He is guided by the Roman poet Virgil who represents REASON.
What do you imagine hell to be like?
Can you imagine a hellish journey on earth?
Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located within the Earth.
• Allegorically, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul towards God.
• The Inferno describes the recognition and rejection of sin.
Numbers……….• Tercets :
– Three line stanzas and use a rhyming scheme called terza rima
The number 3 is important because it relates to the Christian Trinity
The poem is divided into 3 parts:• 1 = Inferno; punishment
of sin
• 2 = Purgatory; hope for salvation
• 3 = Pardiso; love of the Holy Spirit or heaven, where Beatrice resides; she represents love and faith and aides Dante to the 9th circle
• 1 = Inferno; punishment of sin
• 2 = Purgatory; hope for salvation
• 3 = Pardiso; love of the Holy Spirit or heaven, where Beatrice resides; she represents love and faith and aides Dante to the 9th circle
• Virgil died before Christ was born, therefore, he lives with eternal longing but without hope,
Three beasts (a lion, a leopard, and a she-wolf) he cannot escape
The inscription above the entrance of hell reads……..
• Beyond here lies eternal pain• Justice demanded the making of hell• The gates are unlocked on “Judgment day”
ABANDON ALL HOPE WHO ENTER HEREABANDON ALL HOPE WHO ENTER HERE
First circle (Limbo)• In Limbo reside the
unbaptized and the virtuous pagans, who, though not sinful, did not accept Christ or who lived before Christ.
Second circle (lust) Minos rows everyone across a river…..
• Sensual love.• Lusting
inappropriately
*Francesca and Paolo are murdered lovers.
Third circle (gluttony)
• Overindulgence on food, drink, and other kinds of addiction.
Fourth circle (greed)
• Hoarding possessions.
• Keeping everything for yourself.
Fifth circle (anger)
• Fighting• Rage!• Animosity• Violence
• Fighting• Rage!• Animosity• Violence
Sixth circle (heresy)
• Any opinion or belief that opposes a widely believed theory.
• “I don’t believe in pigeons.”
Seventh circle (violence) Against people, property , self, or God
Seventh circle (violence) Against people, property , self, or God
Eighth Circle - Fraud
• Seducers/flatters• Sorcerers• Hypocrites• Thieves• Imposters
Ninth Circle – Treachery & Treason
• Cain – traitors to blood relatives • Antenora – traitors to country• Ptolomea – traitors to guests• Judecca – traitors to masters
Cocytus: Frozen lake made of the tears of the sins of humanity.
STOP
Lucifer/Satan
• Dante views Hell as a frozen place
• Lucifer has the following: great wings, three faces, a giant body
• Lucifer has the following: great wings, three faces, a giant body
Lucifer “chews” on Brutus, Judas, Cassius
Vocabulary – use both sheets and..• People to
Remember:
– Charon: ferries souls across river
– Ruggieri: tortured Ugolin and sons
– Minos: positioned sinners in hell
– Friar Alberigo: murdered his brother and son
• People to Remember:
– Charon: ferries souls across river
– Ruggieri: tortured Ugolin and sons
– Minos: positioned sinners in hell
– Friar Alberigo: murdered his brother and son
• Places to Remember:Places to Remember:
– Acheron: a river
– Caina: Level 2
– Opportunist: vestible
• Places to Remember:Places to Remember:
– Acheron: a river
– Caina: Level 2
– Opportunist: vestible
