Caracters
What character takes Dante through the rings of Hell and helps identify the giants in Canto 31?
Virgil
How does Dante mistaking the giants for towers set the tone for the canto?
It results in an overwhelming sense of fear and intimidation.
"O you who are so great in stature, / Why do you seem so like to towers of stone?"
Dante
Which giant does Dante and Virgil see first?
Nimrod
What causes Antaeus to be different than the other giants that Dante and Virgil encounter?
He is unchained and assists them with descending into the ninth circle.
"Nimrod, you who made the great blunder, / And spread confusion through the world's tongues."
Virgil
Which giant can only speak in gibberish due to his role in the building of the Tower of Babel?
Nimrod
What do the giants represent? (similar to how Cerberus represents gluttony)
immense pride and prejudice
"We are the ones who made a great assault / On God, in Heaven, and cast ourselves out."
The giants collectively
Which giant is described as fiercely struggling against his chains? (he is known for trying to storm Olympus with other giants)
Ephialtes
How do the interactions between Dante, Virgil, and the giants highlight the relationship between mortal and divine power?
Despite the giants intimidating size and appearance, they and all other damned fell to diving authority.
"Why do you not speak, if you are not dead?"
who said + who it was said to
Virgil to Nimrod