Dante's Inferno Flashcards
(34 cards)
Who is Beatrice?
An angel sent to help Dante find the path of righteousness (also, his lover) (represents divine love)
What does “Dark Woods” represent?
Worldliness or error
What does the Lion represent?
Violence (middle of hell)
What does the Leopard represent?
Malice or fraud (lowest division of hell)
Where is the Bible does the idea of the woods come from?
Jeremiah 5:6
Who is Virgil?
(Author of the Aeneid) A poet sent by Beatrice to guide Dante through hell (represents reason)
Who is Charon?
The ferryman that takes souls across the River Styx into hell
How many circles of hell are there?
9
Who is in the first circle, and what is their punishment?
Virtuous pagans (lived just lives but didn’t have Christ)(Ovid, Horace, Plato); stuck
What does Dante teach about philosophy?
It is important but it is worthless without God
Who is in the second circle and what is their punishment?
Lustful (Trancesca and Paolo); they are always touching and caught up on a whirlwind, but they have be void of all emotions such as
love
Who is in the third circle, and what is their punishment?
Gluttonous - those who have wasted their talents and have produced nothing but garbage (Ciacco); live among garbage in the freezing rain and are ripped apart by Cerberus
Who are in the fourth circle, and what is their punishment?
Hoarders - those who keep their wealth to themselves and Wasters - those who spend their wealth on junk; are constantly pushing up weights and boulders of debt, and crashing into each other
Who are in the fifth circle, and what is their punishment?
Wrathful (Tilippo and Argenti) and Sullen -those who’ve shut out the sun; fight with each other in the slime of the River Styx and they live beneath the river in the darkest place of hell
Who are in the sixth circle, and what is their punishment?
Heretics (Uberti and Cavalconi); they lay in scolding, iron tombs
Who are in the seventh circle, and what is their punishment?
Violent (against neighbor, self, and God); Neighbor - smothered beneath boiling blood and every time they try to get out they are attacked; Self - turned into trees
Who are in the eighth circle, and what is their punishment?
Fraudulent (alchemists/false witnesses/ Panderers and Seducerers); attack each other and/or go crazy
Who are in the ninth circle, and what is their punishment?
Treacherous (Judas Iscariot, Cain); entangled in ice of their own bitter tears and/or being chomped on by Satan
What does the union of a hazel tree and honeysuckle growing together symbolize? Whose love was it between?
Tristan and Isolate (dissatisfied love; without each other they would die)
Why did Thor take the farmers children?
Trjalfe (the son) broke the hip bone of the goat causing it to have a limp
Where did Thor and his companions spend the night?
A giants glove
What is Loki’s competition and competitor in the giants home?
Eating contest against Logi (fire)
What is Thjalfi competition and competitor?
Race against Hugi (time)
What are Thor’s three challenges and what is the magic behind it?
Drink a goblet of water (drinks the sea), pick up cat (universe), and fight with old lady (time/old age)
