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STUDY NOTES FOR DANTE ALIGHIERI'S THE INFERNO

Date Submitted: 03/05/2001 14:16:09
Length: 7 pages (1862 words)
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Symbols: Dante: Humanity Virgil: Human Reason Beatrice: Divine Love Sun: Divine Illumination Dark Wood of Error: Worldliness Geryon: Dishonesty, Fraud (Head of an innocent man, Body of a serpent) Furies: Eternal Remorse Dante's Life: -Born in Florence, Italy 1265. Died 1321. -Had an arranged marriage, but he was in love with a woman named Beatrice, but she died when she was 16 years old. -Dante was involved with the GUELPHS (white group). They fought against the GHIBALLINES (black …

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…like Hell's greatest prisoner as opposed to the popular view of Satan as Hell's leader. Additional Notes: Dame Fortune: The Personification of Fortune In the form of a woman. Islam is affront to Christianity, which is why "DIS" the gate of Hell represents a mosque. Dante's journey takes place during the time of Christ's resurrection (Easter). Dante was thought to be slightly egotistical by paralleling his personal journey to that of Christ's ultimate Holy journey.

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