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| Dante is carried by an eagle up to the fire. Actually, he has fallen asleep, and Lucy has carried him to the gate of purgatory. |
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| What colors are the steps outside purgatory? |
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| White, then purple, then the highest is red. |
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| 4 qualities of the resurrected body. |
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1. Clarity (shininess)
2. Agility (fast movement)
3. Subtlety (penetrability)
4. Impassability (inability to feel pain) |
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Outside actual purgatory.
4 levels:
1. The excommunicate
2. The lethargic
3. The unabsolved
4. Negligent rulers |
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| How many terraces are in purgatory, and in what order are they? |
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7 terraces:
1. The proud
2. The envious
3. The wrathful
4. The slothful
5. The avaricious
6. The gluttonous
7. The lascivious |
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| What is at the top of purgatory? |
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| What is the most serious sin? |
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| What three things are found in every terrace? |
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1. Examples of famous sinners.
2. A counterexample (of good).
3. An angel who erases the P's from Dante's forehead. |
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| What punishment do the proud receive? |
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| They have a heavy load on their backs; they walk bent-over. Forced humility. |
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| How are the envious punished? |
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Their eyelids are sewn shut with iron wire (reference to Medieval falconers).
They lean their heads on each others' shoulders. |
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| What are the counterexamples in the terrace of the gluttonous, and how are they punished? |
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| Voices come from a tree. They are punished by having to see and smell the fruit in the trees, but they're unable to eat it. Constant temptation. They are also emaciated. |
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| What word can be found on the shrunken faces of the gluttonous? |
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"OMO"
(uomo or homo means man) |
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| Of what sins are Dante guilty? |
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| What is the difference between envy and jealousy? |
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| Envy involves property, while jealousy involves love or romantic relationships. |
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| What theory of life does Statius explain? |
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| Embryology. Basically, man evolves from sea-like, to animal-like, to human in the process of life. |
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| How are the lustful punished? |
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| There is fire shooting up from the terrace; each person must walk through it, around and around the terrace. |
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| What two categories are found in the terrace of the lustful? |
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| Bisexuals and homosexuals; bisexuals have it much easier. |
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| Dante dreams of Leah and Rachel, who are examples of the passive life and active life from the Old Testament. |
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| In the process of resurrection, all senses revert to one singular sense. |
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| What two things are associated with each level? |
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