Dante Flashcards
(27 cards)
Dante marks the transition from what period to what period?
Medieval to Reniassance
What language did Dante write in?
Italian instead of Latin
He descended from whom?
The romans
Beatrice meets Dante where?
Gates of heaven
She wolf
Least dangerous, lighter crimes
Lion
Loud roar, violent, sex crimes, murders, lust
Leopard
Spots, hidden, worst crimes, betrayal, fraud
Describe Satan
In the ice, skin bat wings, flapping causes high winds, 3 heads
Red Head
Judus who betrayed Christ, most powerful one
Left and right (Red and Black)
Brutus and Cassius who murdered Ceaser
What city was he from?
Florence
He loved both the blank church and the blank empire
Catholic and Roman
He also loved who?
Beatrice
Where does he meet Beatrice?
Paradise, in the comedy she meets Dante
Who’s Dantes guide through Hell and Purgatory?
Virgil, Roman poet
Why can’t Virgil be Dante’s tour guide through Paradise?
He is pagen, doesn’t believe in one God, never baptized
Virgil is the symbol of?
Human reason
Why is Dante a comedy?
It ends happily
5 examples of 3
3 beats, 3 sections, 3 circles, 3 faces of Satan, 35 in 1300, 3 day Easter weekend, 33 Cantos, 3 books, Terza Rima, Holy Trinity
Placing light on the mountain between the dark forest and the 3 beasts is an example of?
Juxtaposition
What is the law of contrapasso
Punishment fits the crime
What is the dark wood/forest that Dante finds himself in a symbol of?
Midlife Crisis
Who were Pablo and Francesca? What was their crime and punishment?
Had an affair. Wind to represent their lust, they are stuck together
What does Dante feel after experiencing all the levels of Hell?
Catharsis
