Dante's fitting punishment in Hell for those who, in life, were virtuous but did not worship God as a Christian.
What is to live in a castle but never reach Heaven?
100
The committment to this aspect of Dante's time can be seen in the multiple references to God, Jesus, and the goodness of Heaven.
What is Christianity?
200
This is a novel that can be related to when Dante journeys through hell and recognizes Pope Celestine V.
What is The Odyssey?
200
This is the monster who stands at the front of an endless line of sinners, who wraps his tail around, indicateing the circles to which the soul must go
Who is Minos?
200
"Let us descend into this sightless world,"
began the poet (his face was deathly pale):
"I will go first, and you will follow me."
The quotation is an example of this characteristic of Dante's writing.
What is humor/comedy?
200
The description of each circle of Hell is of dark, chaotic scenes of gruesome torture and suffering. This great idea describes the inability of one to change one's punishment after death.
What is Fate?
300
Minos is a guardian in Dante's Inferno, but is also a guardian in these novels.
What is The Illiad, The Aeneid, and The Odyssey?
300
This is the old man at the gate, who recognized Dante as a living soul and warned him to keep away from the dead
Who is Charon?
300
A prevalent number that is used in the structure of Dante's writing for reference and grouping.
What is 3?
300
Dante's reaction after seeing the suffering people describes the theme of humanity's natural inclination to do this.
What is to love?
400
The River of Styx is related to these civilizations.
What is Greek and Rome?
400
This is the three headed dog, who tries to stop Virgil and Dante, but is satisfied when thrown a piece of Earth
Who is Cerberus?
400
The man Ciacco that Dante meets tells him of the state of his "own city". The reference pertaining to the politics of Florence suggests that the state is this.
What is divided?
400
This ethical great idea describes the consequences given by God to those who have sinned in life with the suffering in symmetry with the severity of the sin.
What is Justice?
500
In Dante's Inferno, it refers to a river that the sea never conquers.
What is the Jordan river?
500
This is the lover of Francesca, who was killed and is now doomed to eternity in the 2nd circle of hell.
Who is Paolo da Rimini?
500
Dante's description of Hell pairs symmetrically with the accepted structure of Heaven today. Both places take the form of this.
What is a city?
500
The state of the ancient Greek and Roman heroes, leaders, and thinkers in Hell compared to the rest of the people seen in Cantos 1-7 show that those who are still _______ in the living world gain favor from Heaven.