La Vita Nuova

Drug cartels play a huge role because they threaten people in power by threatening to kill the individual or their family or to further their agenda. Likewise, “La mordida” does not only apply to police officers, but it applies to politicians, army officials, and individuals in power. Much of these bribes are from drug cartels. In Stephen Morris scholarly article, “Corruption, Drug Trafficking, and Violence…

of the tree types of speeches, I believe delivering an informative speech would work best with the audience, topic, and occasion. I’m being asked to write about Beata Beatrix, a painting created by Dante Rossetti, based on Dante Alighieri’s novel Vita Nuova. I want to begin the speech by giving the background of Beatrice, the subject of the painting, to the audience. Then, I plan to inform how Alighieri’s work influenced Italian literature and culture, and conclude with an analysis and the…

The Tuscan Florentine vernacular is a Romance language that arose from Vulgar Latin, between the 6th and 9th century. It belongs to the subgroup called “Italo-Romance”. This descent is due to the decline of the Roman Empire in the 5th century. Despite the many other Romance dialects that arose from Latin, this vernacular became the most dominant and prestigious vernacular for writing and for educated communication in Italy today. The first official document in the vernacular in Italy was the…

Member of the White Guelfs B. Married Gemma Donati in 1283, they had been betrothed since 1277 C. Fought as a calvaryman against the Ghibellines D. Held high public office- rose from city councilman to ambassador of Florence E. Exiled from Florence in 1301 1.one of the first active among the exiled Guelfs in an attempt to make a military return 2. once exiled Dante traveled to many cities and finally made a home in Ravenna. F. Was a…

What is love? Love is that overwhelming feeling of affection for another being. Love has had many definitions over time and has morphed into many contentious things, but it remains a central notion to existence. Courtly Love is a contentious clarity of love that appeared in the Middle Ages. It was one of loves many but important polemic junctures. Courtly Love was a popular and controversial concept in the Middle Ages that emphasized chivalry and contradicted the Christian church. Courtly Love…

DANTE ALIGHIERI, A divided and divisive figure © Elizabeth Greenwood DANTE ALIGHIERI, a divided and divisive figure, by Elizabeth Greenwood FICTION by…

1265 and came from a noble but impoverished family. He first met Bice Portinari, who he called Beatrice, in his early years who then died in 1290. In order to cope with her sudden death, Dante studied philosophy and theology and to also write La Vita Nuova. Throughout his life he has been involved in the conflicts of the Guelfs and Ghibellines, which had alternating control of power in Florence and alternating chances to exile the opposing party. Dante affiliated with the White Guelfs and when…

Discuss the depiction of women in Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s images. In what ways does he engage with the notion of ideal women and the cult of feminine beauty in these works? In pre-Raphaelite paintings, a famously known model, Elizabeth Siddal appears as an idealised form of the female body. In the 19th century, she was the central figure of the muse that often combined with man’s fantasy and sensuality with poetic idealism. Although Rossetti and Siddal’s marriage was not so idealised rather…