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How many cantos are in the Divine Comedy?

100

How many cantos are in each level of Dantes Inferno?

33

How many cantos were in the terza rimm?

1

why is the number three repeatedly used in the Divine Comedy?

it's considered holy in the christian tradition

Circle 1

limbo, the unbaptized and virtuous Pegans aimlessly walk around

Circle 2

Lust, the prisoners are blown around by a massive wind

Circle 3

Gluttony, the prisoners are wallowing in frozen poop

Circle 4

Prodigality, the prisoners push heavy weights around

Circle 5

Wrath, prisoners fight each other violently

Circle 6

Heresy, Prisoners are trapped in flaming coffins

Circle 7

Violence, prisoners are nailed to trees and nibbled on by birds

Circle 8

Fraud, prisoner are tourchered by demons in a variety of horrible ways

Circle 9

Treachery, frozen solid, Satan chews on Judas Brutus and Cassius

Oedipus

The hero of the story Oedipus. Kills dad and marries mom

Jocasta

Ode's wife and mom

Antigone

Ode's daughter and the hero in Antigone

Creon

Ode's brother-in-law, appears more than any other character

Polynices

Son of Ode, also his brother, Antigone's bro and uncle, ew

Tiresias

Blind Profit who foretold all of the drama

Haeman

Creon's son, Antigone's fiance all on her mouth like liquah

Ismene

Ode's daughter, Antigone's sister and aunt. ew.

Who wrote the "poetics" and considers the Ode fiasco as the perfect tragedy

Aristotle

Sophocles lived and wrote in what city?

Athens

Ode saves this city from the Sphinx and becomes its king

Thebes

This person is the brother of Jokasta, which makes him Ode's uncle and bro-in-law

Creon

Where did Ode's parents command that he be sent out to die as an infant

Kithairon

Which god does Ode blame for all the bullsh*t?

Apollo

This person is a blind profit who could once change himself into a man and woman

Tiresias

Where did Ode kill his dad?

The crossroads

What does Ode do after blinding himself?

Goes into exile

Who takes Dante through Hell?

Virgil

What type of verse is Paradise Lost written in?

Blank Verse, Iamic Pentameter

Hamartia

Dramatic error in the protagonist

Catharsis

cleansing emotions of a character

Hamlet

The hero in Shakespear's "Hamlet"

Claudius

Evil uncle/new king in Hamlet

Gertrude

Hamlet's mom

Polonius

Family friend of Hamlet's folks, Chief Counselor, Ophelia's dad

Larates

Polonius's son

Ophelia

Polonius's daughter, Hamlet's boo thang, "Get thee to a nunnery"

Horatio

Hamlet's biffle

Yorkick

The skull Hamlet holds in that super famous scene