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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 lustful are punished in this circle of Hell
What is Circle 2?
200
Represents mankind's imperfection/ sins
What is the Dark Wood of Error?
300

Criticizing through humor

What is satire?

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

Dante's style of writing that was meant for the common folk

What is the vernacular?

400

The three headed monster who guards the third level of hell (the gluttons)

Who is Cerberus?

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

Dante has 3 levels of hell, 9 circles of hell and 33 cantos per each of 3 sections of the story. Why?

What is a reference to the holy trinity?

500

Dante's design of symbolic retribution or the punishment fits the crime.

What is Contrapasso?

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?