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42 Cards in this Set
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How many cantos are in the Divine Comedy? |
100 |
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How many cantos are in each level of Dantes Inferno? |
33 |
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How many cantos were in the terza rimm? |
1 |
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why is the number three repeatedly used in the Divine Comedy? |
it's considered holy in the christian tradition |
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Circle 1 |
limbo, the unbaptized and virtuous Pegans aimlessly walk around |
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Circle 2 |
Lust, the prisoners are blown around by a massive wind |
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Circle 3 |
Gluttony, the prisoners are wallowing in frozen poop |
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Circle 4 |
Prodigality, the prisoners push heavy weights around |
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Circle 5 |
Wrath, prisoners fight each other violently |
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Circle 6 |
Heresy, Prisoners are trapped in flaming coffins |
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Circle 7 |
Violence, prisoners are nailed to trees and nibbled on by birds |
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Circle 8 |
Fraud, prisoner are tourchered by demons in a variety of horrible ways |
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Circle 9 |
Treachery, frozen solid, Satan chews on Judas Brutus and Cassius |
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Oedipus |
The hero of the story Oedipus. Kills dad and marries mom |
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Jocasta |
Ode's wife and mom |
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Antigone |
Ode's daughter and the hero in Antigone |
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Creon |
Ode's brother-in-law, appears more than any other character |
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Polynices |
Son of Ode, also his brother, Antigone's bro and uncle, ew |
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Tiresias |
Blind Profit who foretold all of the drama |
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Haeman |
Creon's son, Antigone's fiance all on her mouth like liquah |
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Ismene |
Ode's daughter, Antigone's sister and aunt. ew. |
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Who wrote the "poetics" and considers the Ode fiasco as the perfect tragedy |
Aristotle |
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Sophocles lived and wrote in what city? |
Athens |
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Ode saves this city from the Sphinx and becomes its king |
Thebes |
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This person is the brother of Jokasta, which makes him Ode's uncle and bro-in-law |
Creon |
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Where did Ode's parents command that he be sent out to die as an infant |
Kithairon |
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Which god does Ode blame for all the bullsh*t? |
Apollo |
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This person is a blind profit who could once change himself into a man and woman |
Tiresias |
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Where did Ode kill his dad? |
The crossroads |
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What does Ode do after blinding himself? |
Goes into exile |
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Who takes Dante through Hell? |
Virgil |
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What type of verse is Paradise Lost written in? |
Blank Verse, Iamic Pentameter |
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Hamartia |
Dramatic error in the protagonist |
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Catharsis |
cleansing emotions of a character |
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Hamlet |
The hero in Shakespear's "Hamlet" |
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Claudius |
Evil uncle/new king in Hamlet |
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Gertrude |
Hamlet's mom |
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Polonius |
Family friend of Hamlet's folks, Chief Counselor, Ophelia's dad |
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Larates |
Polonius's son |
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Ophelia |
Polonius's daughter, Hamlet's boo thang, "Get thee to a nunnery" |
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Horatio |
Hamlet's biffle |
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Yorkick |
The skull Hamlet holds in that super famous scene |