Virgil Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

All essays achieved full marks - 30 mark essays - A* In depth analysis of Homer's Odyssey Includes 26 pages of content and essays 1000-2000 words long - themes that will come up in the exam 1. "Books 6 to 8 contribute little to the story of the Odyssey. They seem to simply fill time between Odysseus' escape from Calypso and the narration of his adventures." To what extent do you agree with this statement? 2. How important is story-telling in the Odyssey? 3. How far is Ody...

Speakers in Dante's Canto One Dante the Poet (narrates) Dante the Pilgrim (first calls out to Virgil) Virgil (Pilgrim's guide) Speakers in Dante's Cantos Two Dante the Poet Dante the Pilgrim Virgil Beatrice Mary Lucia Speakers in Dante's Cantos Three Gates of Hell Dante the Poet Dante the Pilgrim Virgil Charon Speakers in Dante's Cantos Four Dante the Poet Virgil Dante the Pilgrim Speakers in Dante's Cantos Five Dante the Poet Minos Virgil D...

what was Virgil's occupation? When and where did he live? Virgil was a poet in ancient Rome. Where did Virgil tell Dante that joy and its beginning can be found? Virgil told Dante that Joy, and it's beginning to be found on the mountain. Name the creatures that Dante finds in the woods. Dante finds a leopard, a lion, and a wolf in the woods. Which creature was like most horrible and why? The Wolf was the most horrible, since it was greedy and never satisfied; it repres...

Dante's Inferno (Cantos I-XV) Questions and Answers Graded A+ Who wrote The Divine Comedy? Dante Alighieri During what half of which century was it written? during the first half of the fourteenth century In what country did the author live? italy Where does Dante find himself in Canto I, and what does this place symbolize? The Dark Wood of Error; worldliness and sin What is incontinence? not restrained, uncontrolled excretory function Why can't Dante get to the divine light? The lion, th...

In depth summaries of Virigl's Aeneid and Homer's Odyssey. Contains a break down through all the books and contains key quotes in bold

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This is a breakdown of Virgil's Aeneid line-by-line and broken up into categories until book nine. Books 10, 11, and 12 are not covered.

Who are the two people Dante mentions going through Hell before him? Aeneas and Paul What is the name of the woman who sent Virgil on his mission to be Dante's guide? Beatrice Who were the three blessed women who rescue Dante in canto II? Mary, Lucia, Beatrice The phrase over the gate of Hell warned people to "Abandon all ________" Hope In the vestibule of Hell the sinners run naked being chased by what? Wasps and hornets Who are the sinners in the vest...

Notes on Aeneid World of the Hero Themes OCR A-Level A* with context, quotes from the text, quotes and analysis by scholars and essay plans in note form to some of the most common past paper questions. Themes include: - Augustan Rome and Patriotism - Fate - Divine Intervention - War and Peace - Suffering - Women - Cross-Text Comparisons - Odyssey and Iliad - Roman Values - Family

Canto 10 SUMMARY- Sixth Circle: The Heretics (Epicureans): They are placed into open tombs. The main characters are: Farinata degli Uberti and Cavalcante dei Cavalcanti. THEMES: 1) Farinata's prediction of Dante's difficulty in returning to Florence from exile, 2) Cavalcante's misunderstanding of Dante's remark on his son, the poet Guido. 3) The inability of the damned to see the present, although they can foresee the future. CHARACTERS- Dante Alighieri, Virgil, Cavalcante de' Cavalc...