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Inferno- Symbols
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Contrapasso
Inferno- Misc.
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This animal represents the sins of incontinence (natural sins)
What is the She-wolf
100
This phrase means "doing it for the common good/community" instead of for selfish reasons
What is ben commune
100
Each stanza of Dante's writing is _____ lines long.
What is 3
100
The contrapasso for the lustful
What is blown in a wind that they cannot control because they allowed love to control them
100
Dante travels on this holiday
What is Easter
200
This animal represents the sins of fraud and malice
What is the leopard
200
This term refers to punishment which fits the crime.
What is contrapasso
200
There are ____ cantos in each work.
What is 33
200
Their punishment is contrapasso because in life they were angry and acted on their anger or because they were depressed and did not enjoy their lives.
What is the wrathful and the sullen
200
This is the last line on the Gate to Hell.
What is "Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here"
300
This animal represents the sins of violence and ambition
What is the lion
300
This term refers to a story which tells another story (like canto 1, The Crucible, or Animal Farm)
What is allegory
300
The middle line of each stanza rhymes with the ______ of the next stanza.
What are first and third
300
Their punishment is contrapasso because they must burn in their own coffins for eternity.
Who are the Heretics.
300
The two main rivers in Hell
What are Acheron and Styx
400
This figure represents fraud (in HELL)
What is Geryon
400
Nine female "goddesses" that inspire artists, Dante prays to at least one.
What is a muse
400
The Commedia is written in ___________ (the meter)
What is iambic pentameter
400
These sinners are turned upside down in Baptismal fonts with their feet on fire, which is symbolic of their selling of church office and holy relics.
Who are the simoniacs (simonists)
400
He is the judge of the damned
Who is Minos
500
This figure represents Gluttony
What is Cerberus
500
Dante's Hell is based on ______________'s interpretation of __________ 's theory of retaliatory punishment.
Who are Aquinas and Aristotle
500
Dante's poetry is written in this form of rhyme.
What is terza rima
500
These sinners are sliced and cut into pieces to symbolize their splitting of family, politics, and church.
Who are the sowers of discord.
500
Two mythological beasts/monsters found in Dante's Hell
Who are centaurs, minotaurs, furies, harpies, Cerberus, Geryon... etc.