These lovers are swept away by winds in the Circle of the lustful.
Who are Paolo & Francesca?
100
This sin is punished by the sinners lying in filth while cold rain falls on them. They do not notice the other sinners around them and are clawed at by Cerebrus.
What is gluttony?
*The gluttons are found in Circle III.
100
The city from which Dante was exiled.
What is Florence?
100
This pope is found upside down in a baptismal font look-alike while his feet burn. He mistakes Dante for Boniface VIII.
Who is Nicholas III?
*Found in the 3rd bowge of Circle Eight.
100
This canto serves as a prologue to the entire comedy.
What is Canto I?
*Talk about how Canto I tells the story through short descriptions of what will happen.
200
Dante's mentor on earth who is now punished in Circle VII for the sin of sodomy.
Who is Brunetto Latini?
*It is worth remembering that Dante held this man highly and yet still places him in Hell for this sin.
200
These sinners are cleaved in two, only to be healed in time for demons to do it again.
Who are the sowers of discord?
*Mohamet, included in this 9th bowge of the Eighth Circle, rips open his ribcage to show Dante.
200
The three creatures Dante meets in the beginning of the story, the leopard, lion, and wolf, represent these divisions of sin in Dante's description of Hell.
What are the sins of incontinence, violence, and fraud?
200
This angry man tries to attack Dante as he crosses the river Styx on a boat ferried by Phlegyas.
Who is Filippo Argenti?
*Argenti is one of the wrathful, Circle V, right outside the City of Dis.
200
In this one of two places where Virgil seems to fall short as a guide, he is forbidden to enter the gates of a particular place in Hell.
What is the City of Dis?
*Discuss how Virgil, an image of human wisdom and philosophy, needs divine help to get past the fallen spirits of Heaven who refuse him entrance.
300
Dante's love on earth who is sent by two other holy heavenly women to call Virgil to guide Dante back to the right path. Represents special grace.
Who is Beatrice?
300
The punishment for having committed this sin on earth is being boiled in pitch. If one comes up out of the pitch, he is "hooked" by demons.
What is barratry?
*The barrators are found in the Eighth Circle, in the 5th bowge. They made money by trafficking in public offices.
300
The soul's search for God, with Dante serving to represent every sinner.
What is the main allegory of the Inferno?
300
This "hog" is found in the Circle of the Gluttonous.
Who is Ciacco?
300
This area holds the violent against God, nature, and art.
What are the Abominable Sands or burning sands under the burning fire?
*The sinners found here are the blasphemers, the sodomites, and the usurers.
400
This mythological creature is represented in The Inferno as having the face of a man, the legs of a beast and the tail of a serpent.
What is Geryon?
400
This sin is the act of paying for places in church offices. The sinners here are stuck upside down in a hole while flames burn their feet.
What is simony?
*Found in Canto 19, and in the third bowge of Circle VIII. Dante discovers Pope Nicholas III here, and anticipates Boniface VIII's arrival soon.
400
This rhyme scheme uses the pattern aba, bcb, cdc, etc.
What is terza rima?
400
This count tells his sad story of dying of starvation to Dante in one of the final circles of fraud.
Who is Count Ugolino?
Count Ugolinio is found in Antenora, the circle for Traitors to their country.
400
These three men are found in the deepest part of Hell, being chewed in the jaws of Satan.
Who are Brutus, Cassius, and Judas?
*Remember that Judas was a traitor to Christ (Church) and Brutus and Cassius were traitors to Caesar (State)- the two things that Dante held so dearly.
500
This saint is summoned by Mary to help Dante. She summons Beatrice, who then summons Virgil.
Who St. Lucy?
500
These sinners are whipped by demons because in life, they drove others on forcefully to serve their own passions and desires.
Who are panderers and seducers?
*These are found in the Eighth Circle, in the first bowge.
500
The pope that Dante most hated and placed in the Eighth Circle of Hell.
Who is Pope Boniface VIII?
500
This thief of Pistoia is found in the same circle where sinners are bitten by snakes and transformed into them, and snakes are then transformed back into people.
Who is Vanni Fucci?
500
This boiling river dividing the Circle of the Violent holds those who were violent against their neighbors.