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11th Grade
03/23/2010

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How old is Dante when he goes astray?
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35
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Dark wood =
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sin
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Little hill =
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path to heaven
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swimmer analogy- discuss it
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he feels as if he has seeen his death or might as well be dead
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what are 3 beasts of wilderness?
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leopard - malice and fraud

 

Lion- violence and ambition

 

she wolf - incontinence, self control

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why is dante unsure about taking journet?
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does not want to go alone, afraid
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why does his guide come to help dante?
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beatrice called upon him along with blessings of other religious characters
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who are the ladies involved in this request, 4
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beatrice, mary, lucia, and rachel
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who are the nearly soulless?
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those who did not choose
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explain great denial
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refers to pope boniface that exiled dante
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describe punishment of the opportunists and explain how law of symbolic retribution works
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run naked in swarm of wasps and hornets

 

1. their sin was darkness so they are in darkness

 

2. as guilty conscience persued them wasps persue them

 

3. actions were of moral filth, so they run eternally through filth

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what idea if repeated by ferry man charon?
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abandon all hope ye who enter here
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who is ferry man
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charon
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explain "leaves of autumn" analogy
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so many people trying to go to hell "falling"
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why do souls blaspheme god and then pass over eagerly?
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dante says you chose to do what sin brought you there
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why does dante swoon?
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1. used to cover transition

 

2. to provide a point of departure

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what is the "dolorous abyss"
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eternal pit of hell
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why does virgils face go pale?
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it is the return of his own place in hell
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describe sounds of limbo
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muted discussions
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who are the virtuous pagans?
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they didnt know of god
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punishment of the virtuous pagans
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no hope just desire
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who was able to leave limbo? how?
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abraham, adam, noah, moses

 

they were chosen by christ

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who are 4 mighty presences?
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homer, horace, ovid, lucan
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discuss souls found in citadel (3)
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1. heros and heroines- trojans and roman descendents

 

2. philosophers- represent highest achievements of human reason unaided by divine love

 

3. naturalists - role of the theoretician and historian of science in our universities

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dante says: once they get to hell, they ___________
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are not allowed grace of forgiveness
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who goes to hell for trip like dante?
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aeneas - founder or rome

 

paul- established alot of christian beliefs

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why is light allowed in limbo?
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for those who left honor on earth- human reason
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virgil =
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human reason

 

-reason cant comprehend heaven so in hell

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who determines to which level of hell a soul will descend? how is it indicated?
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minos, wraps tail around himself; # of coils= level of hell
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interpret the warning " do not be misled by that wide and easy passage
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its easy to go to hell, hell is not easy
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who is in circle 2 ? (3)
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cleopatra, helen, achilles
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why are francesca and paolo in circle 2?
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infedelity; paolo was married and had affair with francesca
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how did francesca and paolo fall in love?
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reading the rhyme of lancelot (lancelot and guenevere)
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describe cerberus
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scary, angry, 3 headed, monstrous dog, red eyes, swollen belly, ripping claws
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discuss the political references in ciacco's prophecy and the discussion that follows.
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in 3 suns the black will ride the whites for many years; says dante's side will fail and they will be exiled
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what are dantes views concerning judgement day
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sould will return to bodies in graves and receive judgement again- get worse punishments
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what is dis?
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circle 6, capitol of hell, wall seperating incontenince levels and others between 5 and 6
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why must virgil and dante wait?
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human reason (virgil) cant overcome the rebellious angels, has to send for assistance have to have diving entity to pass gate
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describe furies and name each
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women who serpents grow form heads and vines wrapped around waist -- megaera, alecto, tisiphone
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when will the tombs close?
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judgement day
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who does dante define "heretic"?
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those who did violence to god by denying immortality
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what is significance of farinata and the other soul
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leader of ghibbellines, sought for individual ruling, expelled guelphs form florence
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significance of souls ability to see future...
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after judgement, when there is no longer any future on earth, intellects of damned will be void
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why are the boulder broken in circle 6
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from massive earthquake that occured when christ died
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who is anastasius and why is he in level 6?
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pope in time of greek vs roman churches; heresy
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why are the sins of incontinence punished outside the walls of dis?
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offends god the least
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who is found in round one of circle 7
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minotaur; obsever his punishment in the lost kingdom
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who guides dante and virgil across river phlegethon
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nessus
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who are in round one of circle 7
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holy justice, rinier pazzo
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describe harpies
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overseeers of the damned; wings are wide, clawed feet, covered in feathers, neck and face are human
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who does virgil speak with? why is he in round two of circle 7?
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pier delle vigne; comitted suicide to escape torture for treachery; was accused for plotting against kid but didnt
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what does pier delle vigne request of dante?
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speak for him to vindicate him, bring out his innocence
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who are two naked figures running from dogs? why are they here?
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lano and jacomo; violent to their posessions
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how will dante descend to circle 8?
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removes a cord from his waist and drop down a waterfall
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which beast of worldliness symbolizes the sinners of circle 7?
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geryon - monster of fraud
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