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The Inferno

The Inferno. Dante Alighieri. Dante Alighieri. Italian poet 1265 to 1321 one of the greatest poets of the Middle Ages exiled from Florence due to political activism. Florentine Politics. Italy divided into many town councils 2 main powers Pope (church) Guelphs

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The Inferno

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  1. The Inferno Dante Alighieri

  2. Dante Alighieri • Italian poet • 1265 to 1321 • one of the greatest poets of the Middle Ages • exiled from Florence due to political activism.

  3. Florentine Politics • Italy divided into many town councils • 2 main powers • Pope (church) • Guelphs • Emperor (Holy Roman Emperor) • Ghibellini

  4. Florentine Politics • Guelphs gained power and divided • Whites • Emperor • Blacks • Pope • Dante White Guelph • Opposed Bonifacio VIII’s • Balcks gain power and Dante accused of fraud • Fine and 2 year exile • Refuses= penalty of death • Never returns to Florence

  5. Florentine Poetry • Stilnovo (new style) • Dante, Guido Cavalcanti and Cino da Pistoia • Speak and celebrate love • Sort of god able to save man

  6. The Inferno • The Inferno is the first book in Dante Alighieri's famous trilogy The Divine Comedy; the other two books are Purgatorio and Paradiso. • The Divine Comedy is made up of 100 Cantos -- 33 in each section plus one extra in The Inferno. • Written in the vernacular Italian, not Latin, in a verse form having three rhymes called terza rima.

  7. The Inferno • Characters • Dante • Figures from mythology, ancient Rome (Virgil-classical reasoning), Christian theology and "real life" Florence (Beatrice-faith). • The sinners in the Inferno are punished according to an elaborate scheme of symbolic retribution--you reap what you sow!

  8. Poetic Forms • allegory- An expression, by means of symbolic fictional characters and actions, of truths about human conduct and experience. • terza rima- An Italian form iambic poetry having sets of three lines, the middle line of each set rhyming with the first and last of the succeeding: ababcbcdc. It was invented by Dante. • epic poem-A long narrative poem with an exalted style, theme, and hero.

  9. Key Facts • NARRATOR - Dante recounts his trip through Hell, looking back on it after an indeterminate period of time. • POINT OF VIEW - account of his own experiences, first person from a subjective point of view, insight into his emotions and motivations. • TONE - moralistic tone, expresses a belief in, and awe for, the perfection of divine justice.

  10. Overview • Dante becomes lost in the woods. • Beatrice (greatest love of his life) and 2 other holy women see this and send Virgil to guide him. • Virgil- great Roman poet • Virgil guides Dante through the depths of Hell to see the sinners and their punishments; the punishments symbolize the sins.

  11. Key Terms • Inferno • Moral redemption • Symbolic retribution

  12. Themes • The Inferno • Deeper meaning of the trials of the human soul to achieve morality and find unity with God. • These allegorically represent the trials of the human soul to achieve morality and find unity with God.

  13. Realms of Hell • Incorporates the 7 deadly sins • Pride/ vanity - excess in one’s own beliefs • Envy • Gluttony- inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires • Lust- pleasures of the body • Wrath/ Anger • Greed • Sloth- avoidance of physical or spiritual work.

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