What I want to know is, what were the Greek gods to Dante, if he as a Christian believed in one true God? He clearly described Jesus as the Christ leading him from Purgatory, so indeed Christianity is his religion. I know he was influenced by Virgil's Aenied, Homer's Odyssey and other classic...
Topics that I could discuss in an essay. Just leave all the citations and quotes for me to figure out. Best answer goes to who has most topics and/or very creative.
For a class project I have to do a 30 minute presentation on Dante's Inferno and I think it'd be cool if I can add a quiz on what level of hell you'd be in into my powerpoint so that one of my classmates can take it. Are there any quizzes out there that are relatively short and not too...
When reading the Divine Comedy, Virgil often made reference to a character who he kept calling 'a mighty one' or 'the mighty one.' He mentioned how this character came down into the inferno to rescue the shades of Adam (referred to as first parent of his son), Abel, Noah, Moses, Abraham, David...
1. who is the queen of woe and who are her handmaids?
2. how many circles are in paradiso?
3. how long is dante in hell for?
4. who fights off flies and steps on maggots?
if you know even one of these please let me know!!
What differences/similarities are there between the psp & ps3 versions of Dante's...
...Inferno? I have had trouble finding videos on any psp gameplay of dante's inferno. But from what I've seen on the ps3 version the game seems awesome. Unfortunately, I only have a psp. I was hoping to know...
Need some help. Suppose to closely analyze Joseph Conrad's (Author of Heart of Darkness) methods and meanings within the Heart of Darkness by using another piece. The two prompts are :
1. Study Heart as a response to dante's Inferno
2. Study Heart as a response to Milton's Paradise Lost
Suppose...
XXXIV chapter mentions that upon seeing such a horrifying sight of hell, dante himself doesnt know whether or not he is alive....
so is dante alive or dead? it looks to me he is dead...but this chapter mentions he doesnt know he is alive or dead...
plz help me...!!
i have read it over and over again, but i can't understand it. What is going on in it. I know that it is heaven for people that did good out of love, what is there reward? Who does Dante meet there?