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    Dante's Inferno Allusions

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    flattery is mostly carried out verbally, as he has the sinners submerged in river feces, which he believes is the true worth of their words. The imagery created when Thais is described as “scratching herself with dungy nails” (Alighieri, 148), by Virgil further stresses the distasteful nature of the Flatterers and how shameless they can be. The fact that human reason can recognize these sins as unethical further reinforces the idea that the people who use flattery are fully aware of the vileness…

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    -Factual: Why did Virgil feel deceived by Malacoda? -Interpretive: Why are the Jovial Friars’ attire flashy and attractive on the outside but on the inside are lined by and crafted from lead which is the heaviest and most worthless metal? -Evaluative: Why does Dante badly…

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    Love makes a person do things that they would normally not do. In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, written by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante tend to look out for each other. When Dante tries to stop the kids from shooting the sparrows, Ari supports him, even though he doesn’t really know why. Another time is when Dante is helping the bird on the street and a car is coming at Dante. Ari risks his life by jumping in front of the car to save his friend. By the…

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    way Dante’s life was affected in his writing was that he used people in the real world that he knew personally and made them a character in one of his poems. Such as Virgil, the ancient roman as his guide in Inferno ("Dante."). Beatrice, his love of his life also being a guide for him through heaven in Paradiso ("Dante."). Also, Virgil and Beatrice again are in the poem Purgatorio as a guide, where they climb and journey through The Mountain Purgatory ("Dante."). And then there is the poem The…

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    Heaven. The Virgin Mary, like Saint Lucy, is another Christian allusion. Virgin Mary is the only woman who can change the fate of your afterlife in heaven. Mary is significant because she sent Saint Lucy to tell Beatrice to seek Virgil and speak on Dante's behalf so that Virgil can help Dante complete his path of righteousness. Dante created the "neutral angels" because they symbolize the cowards that were unwilling to choose a side between the Lord or Satan. This is a metaphor for his stance…

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    mountain only to see it is clocked by a leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf. Vulnerable as he is, he decided to go back into the dark. He then sees a specter, Virgil, who was a Roman poet. Virgil says that he will guide Dante in a journey through hell. Virgil also mentions that his lover, Beatrice, is one of the three women that saw Dante lost. Virgil guides Dante into the gates of Hell. They start in the outskirts of the realm of Hell, the place before Inferno, this is where the souls that…

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    In the modern contemporary society, copying from another person, whether it be on a test or any other assignment, is frowned upon. However, there aren’t any consequences for this act in the period of time depicted in Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, as this wasn’t recognized as a punishable sin. During this period, the deepest and darkest parts of Hell was home to thieves and liars, where their souls were lost and tortured for eternity. One who cheats does so by committing thievery as they steal…

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    Inferno. In this epic poem Dante makes a trip through Hell, purgatory, and heaven. Virgil serves as Dante’s guide through the underworld. Dante uses Virgil as his guide because Dante says that Virgil is the best poet of all time. Virgil and Dante are both Roman Catholic. Virgil wrote many important texts, the most important being The Aeneid. Many can see throughout the text how “Dante had a deep respect for Virgil as an author” (Rooney). Dante was fully aware of Virgil’s text The Aeneid…

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    Through out the course of time woman have been said to be weak minded when is comes to ruling, because they are ruled by their emotions and most of all passion and love. Woman have been said to be the source to many of our problems During the reading of The lliad, The Odyssey, and The Aeneid the woman that have "caused the problems" were being told to do so by gods and goddesses. For Example in the lliad Helen was the "problem woman" in this story, however she never left Troy because…

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    The Odyssey and Dante’s Inferno The Odyssey is an epic written by Homer. This poem is based on a love story that describes the escapades of Odysseus and his son Telemachus. Homer tells of the hardships and struggle Odysseus encountered on his way back home to his family after the war. Homer tells of Odysseus’s expeditions as he was travelling home as a hero after the Trojan War. Odysseus faced many challenges and struggles from battling Poseidon, the creatures in the sea and battling the suitors…

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