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    In Dante’s Purgatorio we find that the terraces form opposites from the circles of hell in at least two ways. First, Dante and Virgil are now traveling upwards rather than downwards as they did in hell. Second, in hell the offenses range from least to worst whereas here, in purgatory, the first terrace contains those who have committed the worst of the forgivable sins, pride. It may seem strange that pride is the worst, but as C.S. Lewis stated in Mere Christianity “the essential vice, the…

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    redemption. The comedy takes place in the afterworld which is divided into Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory) and Paradiso (Paradise). These three sections are, in turn, divided into 33 Cantos each with the exception of hell which has an introductory Canto. The Florentine writer is accompanied by 2 spiritual guides along his divine journey. The prince of Latin poems, Virgil, in both Inferno and Purgatorio, and Dante’s divine love, Beatrice, while in Paradiso. These switch of guides happens…

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    Canto Of Dantes Inferno

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    the cause, in you let it be sought, and now I will be a true spy of it for you.” (Purg 16.82-85) For this canto, it is important to keep in mind that Dante is not just in the middle of his journey through Purgatory, but also the entire afterlife. Purgatorio 16 is the 50th canto of all the comedy and takes place in the third terrace, which is for wrathfulness. Here Dante encounters Marco from Lombardy, who is suspected to have been a counselor and diplomat a Northern Italian prince. He was known…

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    In Dante’s Divine Comedy, there are three parts: the Inferno the Purgatorio and the Paradiso. In the first section, the Inferno, Dante and the poet Virgil travel through the nine layers of hell; in each circle they come across different sinners being punished accordingly for their sins. I have chosen to elaborate on three of the circles and the punishments bestowed upon the inhabitants within them. The first circle that I have chosen is the 3rd circle. Within this layer those who have committed…

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    Ethos In The Aeneid

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    Logos v. Mythos As melodramatic as it is to start this paper with “Throughout the course of history…” I find myself doing just that. For it truly is throughout the course of history that the act of storytelling has been practiced. Furthermore, the teachings of philosophy and theology have been practiced throughout the ages. For these reasons, to make the sweeping statement that; storytelling (Mythos) and reason (Logos) have truly affected mankind’s view of history since the beginning of…

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    Rebecca Adams DeVaney-Lovinguth World Literature I 3 May 2016 Dante’s Inferno Dante Alighieri is the author of The Divine Comedy, which is considered as a literary epic scale. This is characterized among the central texts that have been presumed from the Western literature and it is described as the unique and largest poem during the middle ages. Dante is considered as an activist, writer, and theologian who were born around 1625 in Florence and his literary works have always been used over…

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    T.S Eliot once said, “Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different.” Eliot 's poem, “The Waste Land” (1922), embodies the essence of this quote; take from what is already there, and place his own updated interpretation for the modern audience to provide their own temporal relativist view on top of the already layered meaning of the original work quoted within Eliot 's poem. The…

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    admiration for him. Dante exclaims to Brunetto, “you taught me how man makes himself eternal; and while I live, my gratitude for that must always be apparent in my words” (Dante XV. 85-87). If he wanted to, Dante could place Brunetto in Paradiso, even in Purgatorio, but he does not. His decision to place someone he cares for and respects deeply, both personally and politically, in the Seventh circle of hell shows that this text goes beyond political anger or grudges, that every type of person…

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    characters. It is, however, important to note the significance of women and, in particular, the chosen historical figures the author uses to portray his view of women in general. Female figures are present throughout the three canticles of Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, and their significant nature is not to be ignored. Although a large proportion of scholars would choose to analyse the character of Beatrice, Dante’s principle inspiration for the Divine Comedy as well as the work of Vita…

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    the body simultaneously serving as centers of movement. Being polyrhythmic means the feet may maintain one rhythm while torso, legs, arms dance to the beat of different rhythms. There were a series of different rhythms heard in the music entitled “Purgatorio” composed by David McGuire. Some of these rhythms included soft subtle melodies, the clicking of shoes, and some very loud banging noises to name a few. Sometimes all of these beats and rhythms played simultaneously, and at other times there…

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