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
This is where unbaptized and virtuous pagans go. Virgil is stuck here.
What is Limbo?
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
a beast who judges all those who come to Hell with his coiling tail
Who is Minos?
200

the structure of hell

What is a funnel?

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

Where Dante was living whilst composing The Divine Comedy.

Where is Political exile in Padua, Verona, and Ravenna?

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

This animal represents Incontinence 

(represents sins that are more common and have to do with deal falling into passions)

What is the She-Wolf?

400

a punishment represents a crime

What is Symbolic Retribution?

400

Dante feels this is the absolute worst sin; hence why he placed these sinners in circle 9

What is treachery?

400
These two sinners are stuck in the same icy hole in Circle 9. One is cannibalizing the head of the other
Who are Ugolino and Ruggieri?
400
this type of sin is punished in the frigid 9th Circle of Hell
What is Treachery?
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 and "Lancelot" in Canto 5
What is an allusion?
500
Dante felt this Pope was corrupt and even places him in one of the bottom layers of Hell
Who is Pope Boniface?
500
These two sinners are blown around together in Circle #2
Who are Francesca and Paolo?
500
these are the three types of sins that Dante organizes his hell into
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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