Circle 3
The vice related to circle 3
What is gluttony?
The vice related to Circle 4
What is avarice or prodigal (wastefulness)?
The term refers to the law of retribution, where sinners are punished in a way that reflects the nature of the sin
What is contrapasso?
Literary device that represents an idea through the use of symbols, such as the slush in Circle 3 or the heavy weights in Circle 4
What is symbolism?
Author of the Divine Comedy
Who is Dante Aligheri?
The substance that falls on the souls in Circle 3
What is rain?
The punishment for those condemned in Circle 4
The punishment of the gluttons in Circle 3 reflects
What is excessive and indulgent behavior in life?
The literary device that employs human characteristics to non-human things, such as the rage and emotion of Cerberus, the three-headed dog
What is personification?
The century the Divine Comedy was written
What is the 14th century?
The creature in Circle 3 that devours gluttonous sinners
What is Cerberus?
The hoarders' and squanderers' punishment in Circle 4 represents this philosophical concept
What is the concept of imbalance?
The punishment of the wasteful and greedy in Circle 4 reflects
What is the inability to balance material wealth in life and carrying a heavy burden?
Dante utilizes this literary device to create vivid and detailed experiences for the readers
What is imagery?
The country that the author is from
What is Italy?
Dante encounters this gluttonous soul, a famous Florentine, who predicts the political problems of Florence
Who is Ciacco?
A famous figure from ancient history and the Roman god of wealth placed in Circle 4
Who is Pluto?
The battering rain in Circle 3 reflects
What is the lack of control over appetites and desires?
The literary device that is a reference to Pluto in Circle 4
What is allusion?
The struggle between church and this entity greatly influenced the writing of the Divine Comedy
What is state?
Those who commit gluttony are forced to lie in a substance
What is muck/slush?
Figure who Dante encounters in Circle 4
Who is Cardinal Epicurus?
Dante's use of symbolic punishment in Hell emphasizes this broader concept within Christian theology
What is divine justice?
The literary device that is a recurring idea or theme most evidently being contrapasso
What is a motif?
The day called Dante Day
What is March 25?