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Undergraduate 2
04/29/2011

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sphere of the moon
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broken vows
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Piccardo Donati
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sister of Forese and Corso (in hell, moon
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Constance
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moon, wife of Henry VI, mother of Frederick II, grandmother of Manfred, forced to leave the convent
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transhumanized
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in the sphere of the moon, compared to Glaucus the fisherman turned to god
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mercury
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lived virtuous lives, but neglected god for the sake of fame and honor
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Justinian
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mercury, codified roman law, talks about symbolism of the eagle, history of the empire
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romeo
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mercury, similar to pier della vigna in hell, served master ell but was forced into exile by jealous courtiers
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"just vengeance was justly punished"
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mercury, destruction of jerusalem for the crucifixion, justifies the resurrection of the body and the soul
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venus
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burning passion
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charles martel
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great ruler, venus, loved by dante,role of providence and diversification in society, prophesizes ill fortune for his family
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Cunizza
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venus, suffered from desire in his life, critizies his homeland Treviso, predicts neighbors misfortune
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Folco
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provencal poet, venus, praised by Dante, lots of desire, became a monk, condemns modern popes
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rahab
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venus, biblical prostitute, saved because she helped Joshua take Jericho
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sphere of the sun
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harmony and reconciliaition
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thomas aquinas
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sphere of the sun, must eulogize St. Francis who was his rival, talks about the senseless acts of pursuing wealth and power, says you cannot compare the wisdom of solomon to adam and Jesus
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Gratian
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Benedictine monk, sun
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Peter Lombard
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bishop, son
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Dionysius the Areopasite
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biblical convert, son
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Bonaventura
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sun, Fransciscan, eulogizes dominic, rebukes current state of his own order, reconciles with abbot joachim
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solomon's voice
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mars, spirits will retain their radiance when they are reunited with their bodies
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Cacciaguida
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mars, comes from cross of light, Dante's great great grandfather, like Latini and Lombardo, detailed prophesy of Dante's exile, laments decline of florence, lists noble families who have gone bad, was killed in the crusades
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mars
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holy warriors
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holy warriors
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mars, Joshua, Judas Maccabeus, Charlemagne, Roland, William of Orange, Renomard, Godfrey, Robert Guiscard
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Anchises and Aeneas
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mars, compares meeting with cacciaguida to them
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Jupiter
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just rulers
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eagle
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jupiter, spirits spell out "cherish justice, you who judge the earth" last M turns into lilies then the eagele
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LUE acrostic
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jupiter, (like VOM acrostic in purgs), means plague, effects of injustice and misrule, Albert I, Charles II, Ferdinand
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eye of the eagle
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David, Trajan, ripheus, Hezekiah, Constantine, William II, pagans in the eye represent our inability to understand God's judgment
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saturn
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ladder of contemplation, golden, Dante cannot hear them singing, contemplatives
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benedict
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saturn, founded monastery in Monte Cassino, disgusted by current monks, identifies Macarius and Romualdus
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Gemini
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constellation of Dante's birth, saturn, first look back
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peter
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fixed stars, fiath, dante defends his faith to him by declaring belief in the trinity, faith is substance and evidence
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james
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fixed stars, hope, Beatrice says that Dante is super hopeful
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John
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love, doesn't have a body, his light blinds dante, who inspired him and what binds him to Christ
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adam
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exiled because he disobeyed god, fixed stars, 1000 years in limbo, 6 hours in eden, language lost before Babel
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"little threshing floor"
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2nd look back, fixed stars, dante "sees" Ulysses route in the sea below
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Primun mobile
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controls movement of all other spheres, time begins here
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fixed stars
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beatrice announces approach of christ, bright light of christ rises above rose that represents Mary
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order of angels
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primum mobile, concentric circles around god, like mirrors, seraphim, cherabim, archangels, angels, 9 total, diversity of angels shows diversity of God's love
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Empyrean
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Dante touches eyes to river which turns to a sea which turns to a rose, souls swarming like bees
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seat reserved
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Empyrean, Henry VII
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Bernard
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empyrean, beatrice turns into him, he explains the people in the rose
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around Mary in the Empyrean
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must earn her grace first, eve, rachel, Rebecca, judith, ruth
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trinitarian circles
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different colors reflecting themselves
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reference to Argonauts
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Empyrean, Jason was shocked to see the shadow of the ship argos
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