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The Inferno

The Inferno. Part 1 of Dante’s Masterpiece: The Divine Comedy. Church is source of Sin Reduce church control of faith Interpret the divine with both logic and faith Independent thought can be positive Italy is consumed by sin that needs correcting Pursue solutions to problems. Arguments.

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The Inferno

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  1. The Inferno Part 1 of Dante’s Masterpiece: The Divine Comedy

  2. Church is source of Sin • Reduce church control of faith • Interpret the divine with both logic and faith • Independent thought can be positive • Italy is consumed by sin that needs correcting • Pursue solutions to problems Arguments

  3. The framework of arguments Historical Context

  4. Author • Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) • Philosopher, politician, poet • Lived in Florence, Italy • White Guelph = reduction of church power • Exiled by Pope Boniface VIII • Wrote The Divine Comedy in 1315 Dante Alighieri

  5. Literary Devices and Themes Properties of the Poem

  6. Attributes of the Poem • Satire • Irony • Written In Italian • Vivid Imagery • Idioms • Similes/Metaphors • Allegory • Symbolism • Beatrice

  7. Themes • Animal nature of sin • Justice • Guilt • Italian politics • Logic v. Faith

  8. Culture 3 Cultures in One Poem

  9. 2 “Real” Cultures Christianity Pagan Mythical creatures Myths • Biblical References • The culture of the Italy • Readers know the culture

  10. Manufactured Culture: Logic • Belief in a logical order of the divine • Contradicts the church • Individual interaction with faith

  11. Society We The People of Hell

  12. Hell • Absolute rule of God • Law of Hell • Management by guilt

  13. Evidence Supporting Dante Plot and Literary Devices

  14. Start of the Journey • Lost in woods half way through life • Stopped on way to eternal happiness • Symbols of sin: she-wolf, lion, leopard • Symbol of logic: Virgil • Reassurance • Simile Pattern Lost in the woods

  15. River Acheron • Opportunists • Idiom: Fallen Angles • Idiom: Pope Celestine V • Law of Hell • Symbol: Charon • Metaphor: Fainting

  16. 1st Circle: Limbo • Unbaptized good pagans • Eternity without hope • Famous ancients brighter than others • Some ascended into heaven

  17. 2nd Circle: Carnal Sin • Minos • People swept by passion forever caught in the wind • Simile pattern • Lovers tale • Metaphor: Fainting

  18. 3rd Circle: Gluttons • Dirty snow • Cerberus • Swollen and fat souls • Ciacco’s prophecy

  19. 4th Circle: Hoarders and Wasters • Idiom: Plutus • Symbol: souls pushing rocks • Clergy • Symbol: Dame Fortune

  20. 5th Circle: Wrathful and Sullen • Marsh of Styx • Sullen entombed bellow mud • Wrathful tear each other apart • Phlegyas • Metaphor: FilIippoArgenti

  21. 6th Circle: Heretics • Symbol: Gates of Dis • Symbol: Mosques • Symbol: Medusa • Symbol: Heavenly Messenger • Heretics • FarinataDegliUberti • Pope Anastasius

  22. 7th Circle: Violence Part 1: Violence Against Neighbors • Symbol: River of boiling blood • Ancient conquers • Centaurs

  23. 7th Circle: Violence Part 2: Violence Against Self • Forest of suicides • Metaphor: Accidental pain • Harpies • Metaphor: speaking through blood • Dogs

  24. 7th Circle: Violence Part 3: Violence Against God Part 1: Blasphemy • Symbol: desert of fire • Symbol: rain of fire • Blasphemers • Symbol: Old Man of Crete

  25. 7th Circle Part 3: Violence Against God Part 2: Violence Against Nature • Sodomites • Symbol: Brunetto Latino • Running Off

  26. 7th Circle Part 3: Violence Against God Part 3: Violence Against Art • Usury • Coat of Arms • Geryon

  27. 8th Circle: Fraud Part 1: Panderers and Seducers • Goaded by demons to run in endless circle • Symbol: demons • Symbol: horns • VenedicoCacciamico • Jason

  28. 8th Circle: Fraud Part 2: False Flatters • False flatters forever domed to wallow in boiling human excrement • AlessioInterminelli • Thais

  29. 8th Circle: Fraud Part 3: Simonacs • Symbol: Simonacs upside down in holes • Symbol: fire burns the soles of the sinners • Symbol: Pope Nicholas III • Prophecy

  30. 8th Circle: Fraud Part 4: Fortune Tellers • Symbol: twisted bodies of sinners • Eyes blinded with tears • Walking backwards • Italian and Greek fortune tellers

  31. 8th Circle: Fraud Part 5: Grafters • Grafters stuck in tar • Demons attack sinners who show themselves • Senator of Lucca • Dante's fear • Symbol: demons • Navarreseman

  32. 8th Circle: Fraud Part 6: Hypocrites • Symbol: lead clothing of the sinners • Idiom: Caiaphas • Jovial friars

  33. 8th Circle: Fraud Part 7: Thieves • Thieves in the dark bitten by snakes • Symbol: snake • Hands tied • Sinners bursting into flames • VanniFucci • Prophecy • Figs • Noble Thieves of Florence

  34. 8th Circle: Fraud Part 8: Evil Counselors • Flames hiding sinners • Symbol: flame • Ulysses and Diomede • Count Guido

  35. 8th Circle: Fraud Part 9: Sowers of Discord Religious Political and Kin Vivid Imagery Those who broke things apart are ripped apart Muhammad and Ali Historical politicians Man who started the Guelph-Ghibelline war Berntrand de Borne

  36. 8th Circle: Fraud Part 10: Falsifiers Division 1: Alchemists • Diseased, immobile, and blind • Idiom: GriffolinoD’arezzo • Idiom: Capocchio

  37. 8thCircle: Fraud Part 10: Falsifiers Division 2: Impersonators • Impersonators running around attacking other sinners • Idiom: Gianni Schicchi • Idiom: Myrrha

  38. 8th Circle: Fraud Part 10: Falsifiers Division 3: Counterfeiters • Idiom: Master Adam • Thirst

  39. 8th Circle: Fraud Part 10: Falsifiers Division 4: Liars • Fevers • Idiom: Potiphar’s Wife • Idiom: Sinon • Adam v. Sinon • Dante’s repentance

  40. Giants • Idiom: Nimrod • Idioms: Ephilaties, Briareus, Tityos, Typhon • Antaeus

  41. 9th Circle: Serious Fraud Part 1: Family • Ice • Caina • Punishment • Alessandro and NapoleoneDegliAlberti

  42. 9th Circle: Serious Fraud Part 2: Country • Antenora • Idiom: Bocca DelgiAbbati • Metaphor: beating Bocca DelgiAbbati • Count Ugolino and Archbishop Ruggieri

  43. 9th Circle: Serious Fraud Part 3: Guests • Ptolomea • Idiom: Friar Alberigo • Idiom: BrancaD’oria • Severity of sin

  44. 9th Circle: Serious Fraud Part 4: Masters • Judecca • Not visible

  45. Satan • Three ugly heads • Trapped in ice • Generates cold winds • Idiom: Judas • Idiom: Brutus • Idiom: Cassius • Metaphor: Embracing Satan

  46. Beating a Dead Horse in a Creative Way Repetition

  47. Repetition of Patterns • Division of hell (Christian culture)  monster/sinner (Greek culture)  punishment (logic culture) • Clergy • Politics • Shock the most people

  48. Structure Great Meaning Applied Subtlety

  49. Fainting in the first third circles of hell (sins of the she-wolf) • Wishing a soul greater punishment • Accidentally hurting a soul in the second third of Hell (sins of the lion) • Purposefully harming a soul in the finally third of Hell (sins of the leopard) • Climbing Lucifer • The more thought involved, the greater the sin • Relates to the progression of humanity Solving Problems

  50. Understanding the severity of sin • Understanding the source of sin • Identifying the people who sin • Correcting sin • Better Future • Hell = Italy, Sin = Problems Inferno Purgatory Paradise Making Progress

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