Characters
In the Inferno, Dante says this character "raised his brows to his Creator."
Who is Lucifer/Satan?
This instrument was picked up out of the river by an orphan.
What is a violin?
Marlow was ready to roll on the river as soon as these arrived.
I yam what I yam, as long as this comes at the right time.
What is rain?
This was the voice "heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers."
What is the Great Spirit?
This was the name of Dante's teacher, who was a famous Italian philosopher.
Who is Ser Brunetto?
Unoka's playing of this instrument brought joy to the Igbo people.
What is the flute?
Dante and Virgil were whisked away through the Inferno by this popular boatsman used in mythology?
Who is Charon?
It may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when these fly in.
What are locusts?
In Arjuna's vision of Krishna, he sees this celestial creature as Krishna's godly form.
What is a serpent?
In Things Fall Apart, this character questions putting their own twins in the evil forest.
Who is Obierika?
This is used to tell "a story of brothers who lived in darkness and fear, ignorant of the love of God."
What is the missionaries' song?
The first white man to visit Abame was riding one of these.
What is an iron horse?
These were given to the children to satiate them on the train.
What are sweetmeats?
This brings God's "blessed children who have come out of him by nature."
What is grace?
Political differences led Dante to anticipate the coming of this prominent contemporary church figure to Hell.
Who is Pope Boniface VIII?
These are the instruments Ariel plays in Act III of the Tempest.
What are the tabor and the pipe?
Marlow sees this "shelling the coastline."
What is a man-of-war?
They became a meal in their cell when they bore their father's image.
Who are Count Ugolino's children?
Iktomi gave this up to the Great Spirit.
What is his blanket?
This man prosecutes Socrates in Euthyphro.
Who is Meletus?
These instruments sound when Dante is traveling with ten demons (name at least two of the three).
What are the bell, trumpet, and drum?
Marlow narrates Heart of Darkness from the deck of this "cruising yawl."
What is the Nellie?
It was a feast fit for a duke until these arrived to spoil it.
What are the harpies?
Nwoye was captivated "not by the logic of the Trinity but rather the relief of his parched soul" through this form of music.
What is the hymn?