Vocabulary and Literary Elements
Dante's Life
Characters
Organization of Hell
The Inferno as an Allegory
100
a long narrative poem
What is an epic?
100
Dante was from this city in Italy. He was also later exiled from here.
What is Florence?
100
he is Dante's guide through Hell and Purgatory
Who is Virgil?
100

Dante the Pilgrim's journey began as he awoke in this place.

What is the Dark Wood of Error?

100
Represents the different types of sin (incontinence, fraud, and violence)
What is the lion, she-wolf, and leopard
200
when an object stands for more than itself
What is symbolism?
200
She was the love of Dante's life (even though they were never truly together)
Who is Beatrice?
200

she is a Heavenly being on an errand in hell

Who is Beatrice?

200

Before Dante learns he must take a journey through hell, he wants to go directly here.

The Mount of Joy (Heaven, Divine Light) 

200
Represents mankind's imperfection/ sins
What is the Dark Wood of Error?
300
an author's attitude towards a subject
What is tone?
300
Dante is both the __________ and the ______________ of The Divine Comedy.
What is the author and the epic hero?
300

he drives the newly arrived sinners over to punishment on the ferry boat

Who is Charon

300
this message appears over the gates of Hell
What is "Abandon All Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here" ?
300
Representation of how people act in society
What is the organization of Hell?
400
a portrayal of events with a happy ending (whereas a tragedy always ends in death)
What is Comedy?
400

Midway through life, Dante's imaginative journey through hell takes place for this reason. 

What is straying from God?

400

These sinners were uncommitted to God, only for themselves.

Who are the Opportunists?

400

This is the location in hell symbolic of those sinners never making a choice for good or evil on earth

What is the Vestibule? 

400
Represents the righteous (moral, virtuous) path
What is the light on the hill?
500

An example of this is the reference to the "Aeneid" in Canto 1 

What is an allusion?

500

Dante is a member of the _____ Guelphs who opposed the Pope.

What is white?

500

Dante the Poet places this being in the beginning of Hell and believed him to be a coward

Who is Pope Celestine V? 

500

these are the three types of sins that Dante organizes his hell into (symbolized by the three beasts)

What are Incontinence, Violence, and Fraud?

500
Represents the journey of the human soul/ the recognition of sin
What is Dante's visit to Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven?
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