Works by Dante Alighieri

VARIOUS - morning Dante and Anna sprint like hell down the winding passages of the narrow, dark hallway. The masses of Skin-Walkers breathe down their necks, slowly gaining ground as more of them spill out of doorways, joining the stampede. Dante peeks over his shoulder. The fierce horde getting closer. He withdraws his gun. Blindly, fires rounds over his shoulder. A Skin-Walker leading the pack gets hit. It crumbles, a massive pile up of bodies. Slowing them down a bit. Anna and Dante…

knowing makes one guilty or innocent? Because this question seemed to philosophical and without any definite answer, I decided to deduce an answer from the placement Dante has given these souls. Being still placed in Hell, they are not innocent, but they also deserve no punishment because they chose a virtue path despite not accepting God.…

Consequently, Dante describes how he is enduring the worst punishment even more than that of Brutus and Cassius. “That soul up there which has the greatest pain … is Judas Iscariot” (Dante XXXIV. 428). It can be argued that Judas did not only betray Jesus but also those who followed him because when Jesus was captured in his hidings, his followers were persecuted and he was crucified.…

Dante, a living man, decides to take an adventure through hell to get to heaven. His guide is named Virgil. Virgil was a poet that Dante greatly admired. They voyage through nine circles representing different sins on earth. Each sin matches to one circle in this order:Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath and sullenness, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery. In each circle the souls of the sinners are forced into punishments that fit their sin on earth. In almost each circle, Dante finds people…

relationship of fellow feeling, or identification with the circumstances and feelings of another” (Walton, p.88). Dante uses his characters in Inferno to explore or conceptualize the pity concept. Based on the characters, he builds up unsettled moral standards that are not in agreement with the presentations made by the reprobates, including Francesca and Ugolino, to him in the poem. Dante characterizes the mismatches between the unsettled moral standards and the presentations made by the…

spread of diseases (in due course, Louie Pasteur succeeded). Comparably, Kircher came close to Leonardo da Vinci, with his diverse inventiveness in his work, existing as a scientific star in his day, and by the end of his life he had outshined the rationalism visions of others. Ultimately, in the late 20th century, the artistic qualities of his work became decidedly respected and as announced through one scholar, Edward W. Schmidt, stated Athanasius Kircher existed as ‘the last Renaissance…

Hell contains different types of punishments for each type of sinner. Iconic historical figures are found throughout Hell suffering retribution for their sins. This is important as Dante specifically wanted to show no one is above God no matter how important they were in life. The idea of contrapasso isn’t unique to Dante as the law of an eye for an eye is found in the Old Testament. However, Dante’s punishments are a derived from this law as it would be difficult for each sinner to experience…

In order to find one specific idea within the many themes and symbols found in Dante Alighieri’s “Inferno”, I had to look past the obvious themes such as justice, evil, man’s place in the natural world and religious beliefs. Instead I wanted to focus on a theme that occurs in almost every story known to man. The theme I chose is the “journey”, or the concept of importance within a journey. A theme that I feel is mostly overlooked because the audience and character(s) are too focused on the…

the life of Edmond Dantès. When Edmond returns, he shifts the weight to his side when he exacts the purest vengeance against each one of his enemies. Dantès sought God’s justice, but indeed overstepped his boundaries, killing many innocent people. His judgment was selfish, and his punishment, unnecessary. In the beginning of the story, we meet Danglars, the envious purser of the acclaimed Pharaon. This sinful man wrote the letter which later denounced the virtuous Edmond Dantès as a Bonapartist…

Toja Mr. Davalos English II 12/08/2015 Dante Alighieri’s Impact Impact, as defined by Merrian…….., is A great deal of historians would most likely agree the Renaissance marked an immense progress on society itself. These historians would also second that the Renaissance marked the rebirth of society. As a matter of fact, ‘’Renaissance’’ means rebirth in French. The Italian Renaissance began in 1330 and ended in 1550. It is credited the author ‘’Dante Alighieri’’ was one of the leading figures…