Literary Elements
This is the word for a long, narrative poem
What is an epic?
Dante was from this city in Italy. He was also later exiled from here.
What is Florence?
He is Dante's guide through Hell and Purgatory.
Who is Virgil?
This is where unbaptized and virtuous pagans go. Virgil is stuck here.
What is Limbo?
The three books of The Divine Comedy.
What are Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradisio?
This is the term for a story which is also symbolic of something else.
What is an allegory?
This was the language Dante wrote in.
What is Italian?
This is a beast who judges all those who come to Hell with his coiling tail.
Who is Minos?
the lustful are punished in this circle of Hell
What is Circle 2?
The three categories of sin found in The Inferno
What are Incontinence, Malice, and Violence?
This is the author's attitude or feelings conveyed in their writing.
What is tone?
Dante is both the __________ and the ______________ of The Divine Comedy.
What is the author and the main character?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
This is the monster who ferries the souls across the river into Hell.
this message appears over the gates of Hell
What is "Abandon All Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here" ?
The three beasts found outside the Inferno in Canto I.
What are the lion, leopard, and she-wolf?
In medieval times, this meant any story that started out sad and ended up happy.
What is a comedy?
This was Dante's religion.
What is Catholicism?
These three sinners are in the lowest part of the 9th circle, being chewed on by Lucifer himself.
Who are Brutus, Cassius, and Judas?
this type of sin is punished in the frigid 9th Circle of Hell
What is Betrayal?
The three types of violence punished in Circle 7.
What are violence against others, violence against self, and violence against God?
This is when a writer makes a reference to something outside the text, such as the reference to Achilles, Paris, and Helen in Circle 2.
What is an allusion?
Dante was writing The Divine Comedy around this year.
What is 1300?
These two sinners are blown around together in Circle 2.
Who are Francesca and Paolo?
This was the law of Dante's Hell.
What is Symbolic Retribution?
This is the reason why Dante used the number 3 so much in his work.
3 is an important number to the Catholic Faith (such as the Holy Trinity).