Unlock the profound depths of Dante’s Inferno with this detailed, expertly crafted guide. Ideal for students, scholars, and literature enthusiasts, this document offers an extensive analysis of the landscape in hell, key figures, and intricate punishments described in Dante Alighieri's epic journ...
Canto Circle Sin Punishment Images/Important Figures
I Dark woods Pride Cannot escape the dark woods by Dark woods. Dark → sin
taking the easy route climbing up Sun coming over the mountain → salvation
the hill.
True Way
Must go through the circles of (Righteous path to god)
hell
Leopard: fraud
Lion: violence/ ambition (circle 7)
She-Wolf: incontinence (circle 8 and 9)
Virgil
Pagan
Greyhound: Judgement day
II Dark woods Pride Cannot climb the hill Virgin Marry: compassion
Lucia: divine light
Beatrice: divine love
No fear of anything outside of heaven
Rachel: contemplative life
Doubt from Dante is a sin against God
Comparision to Aenas (hero) and Paul (apostle)
Invoking muses is a pagan idea
Dante is trying to achieve fame
III Vestibule of Oppurtunism Naked Swoon #1 – earthquake
, hell
Wasps Acheron
Charon: Boatman of the afterlife
Barefoot on maggots
City of desolation and eternal sorrow
Boils Abandon all hope
Rejected by both heaven and hell
IV Circle 1 Virtuous No hope of getting to heaven Rescued by Jesus and brought to heaven:
(Limbo) Pagens Adam
Noah
David
Great poets:
Homer
Horace
Ovid
Lucan
Invites Dante to join their group of poets → Dante’s
way of increasing his fame
Mythological characters:
Electra
Caesar
Hector – Homer’s Iliad
Aeneas
Fought against European crusaders:
Saladin – sitting alone
Citadel: emits light
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