Dante Alighieri

Moral Behavior Is hell a good propaedeutic for good behavior as instructed by Dante. Propaedeutics are used in many cases to discourage people from bad behavior. The most common being Santa Clause. Parents threaten children that Santa Clause will not come, unless they behave well. Other examples include, reward systems, activity times, and punishments. The most consequential propaedeutic know was introduced by Dante in his Inferno. “Both damnation and blessedness, weal and woe, are not…

“Dante was an Italian poet and moral philosopher best known for the epic poem The Divine Comedy...This poem, a great work of medieval literature and considered the greatest work of literature composed in Italian...”(Biography.com Editors). Dante is considered one of the greatest poets in the history of literature. His text, The Divine Comedy, was written at around 1300, yet is still being read by modern college students. This is a clear way to see that Dante’s work rivals that of Virgil and…

morality attract the adoration of many, namely Dante, infatuated with his logic. Dante selects Virgil as his guide through hell due to his adulation for Virgil, displayed through his consistent praising of Virgil’s insightful works as well as through the continuous referral to Virgil as his superior. Virgil defines the concept known as human reason in varying degrees, whether it be pure rationality or the notion of considering your surroundings; Dante bestowing him with the title of “Prince of…

Dantes Inferno Dante awakes and he has been moved to another stage in the levels of hell. A three headed dog named cerberus blocks the path of virgil and Dante but virgil pleases the dog and they are able to pass. They go into the circle of gluttonous. One of the people there recognizes Dante soul and he ask Dante if he recognizes him. Dantes does not and the guy respond his name is John he was a man with a political past. There were other people in the guy political past that has been set in…

Was Dante Trying to Scare the Hell Out of Us? (A discussion of how Dante’s The Inferno, is used as a moral propaedeutic) “Heaven would be wonderful, but it looks even more wonderful when there is also a threat of Hell. People probably believe in Heaven more when they have just been threatened with Hell.” (Heflick). People of the church are often known for their ability to make individuals who do not attend church feel lesser and more sinful than themselves. This seems to be the case because…

particular sins, in canto I Dante is climbing a hillside and winds up spotting three beasts before him that have a more significant meaning than just instilling fear in Dante. The three beasts, the leopard, lion and she-wolf, all represent different things in what is to be seen during Dante’s journey. In this scene, the reader is given an idea of what is to come during Dante’s journey through Hell while also making a big point with his response to the encounter. The beasts that Dante…

because the reactions that Aeneas and Dante show when presented with events in hell are very similar, The Sybil and Aeneas act like a guide and follower much similar to Virgil and Dante's relationship, and We see many similarities between the paths both Aeneas and Virgil take. The first major influence from Virgil’s Aeneid that we see on Dante's Hell are the similar reactions to the suffering of the souls…

Milton’s Paradise Lost, in which it is rather described as a place full of fire, a literal furnace. Our minds are immediately drawn to a fiery Hell, as that is what is traditionally pictured in modern-day pop culture and the like. However, I believe Dante was right in his description, that ice is a metaphor better suited to Hell than fire. Firstly, I must start with what fire represents in literature and culture. Hestia, who is the goddess of the hearth in Greek mythology, is known as a kind…

and how sinners are organized. It becomes obvious that Dante looks upon his Christian values to determine his idea of Hell, but it may also be thought that Dante uses his knowledge and personal feelings of the people he condemns as well as his own life experiences as a guide to determine where in Hell sinners will go. This is apparent when Dante enters the ninth circle of Hell. It is here that he comes upon Count Ugolino, who recounts to Dante of how he was traitorous against his city of Pisa…

First of all the "Beowulf " poem from The Norton Anthology of World Literature, in the section of "the Hero Comes to Heorot" Beowulf said " They had seen me blotered in the blood of enemies / when I battled and bound five beasts, / raided a troll-nest and in the night-sea slaughtered sea-brutes."(419-22 900) to King Hrothgar when he asked for a permission to fight Grendel in behalf of Danish people. From this line the reader could see the true character of the Beowulf ,a fearsome warrior who…