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Virgil

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Dante’s guide, romans great poet, wrote the aeneid

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Aristotle

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Master of those who know, Dante pays respect to him in Limbo

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Homer

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Most famous ancient greek writer who wrote iliad and odyssey, alluded to as the greatest shadow with sword

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Francesca & Paolo

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Lovers that committed adultery while reading about lancelot in Arthurian tales, Paolo’s brother murdered them

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Ciaphas

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Chief high priest of jews who was in inferno, nailed to ground just like Jesus (Contrapasso)

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Simon Magus

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Magician in biblical times tried to trick people into selling giftings of holy spirit

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Ser Brunetto

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Dante’s teacher who dante the pilgrim was kind toward, but the writer thinks he’s a pedophile and hates him

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Count Ugolino della Gherardesca

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Got locked in tower, ate his own kids because he was starved

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Bertran de Born

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Committed treason against king henry, punishment is head severed

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Beatrice

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Dante’s muse and inspiration

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Antigone

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Royal blood, in line to inherit and be queen of thebes, is silenced and accused of burying her brother Polynices

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Haemon

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Antigone’s fiance, gets into argument with his dad about obligations of religion and state, stabs himself

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Polynices

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Antigone’s brother, betrayer, no proper burial

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Eteocles

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Antigone’s other brother who had proper burial, high regarded by creon

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Creon

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King of thebes, all about state control

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Ismene

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Antigone’s sister who goes against antigone and think shes done for defying kings edict, then comes crawling back

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The Sentry

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Goes to king to deliver message about Polynices

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Eurydice

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Queen, Creon’s wife, takes a dagger into right coronary artery

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Oedipus

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Antigones father who had incest with his mom, gauges his own eyes own, taints bloodline

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Tiresias

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Soothsayer who says creon is wrong, creon eventually listens

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Plato

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Ancient philosopher before aristotle, theory of forms

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Sophocles

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Author of antigone and other plays

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Prisoners in the Cave

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Unenlightened, did not believe the one who escaped

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Prometheus

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Titan who stole fire from zeus

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Zeus
Lightning God, got fire stolen, punished Prometheus
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Epimethus
Prometheus brother
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Dante the Pilgrim vs. Dante the Writer
When dante refers to himself in the book its pilgrim, when he puts people in hell it is Dante the writer
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Dark Woods
Symbolize Dante’s moral and spiritual crisis, a transition point
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Suicide forest
Punishment of people who killed theirself, tormented by harpies as trees, can never truly return to their body, represents wasted existence
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Icy lake
Place farthest from the warmth of God, represents the ultimate unfeeling for the sin of treachery, betrayal is cold
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Fiery sepulchers
Punishment of heretics in 6th circle who didn’t believe in the immortality of soul, contrapasso is that they are eternally engulfed in flames in a tomb
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Dante’s use of Contrapasso
Means to suffer the opposite, or mirrors or creates ironic tension
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Virgil’s role as guide and mentor
Why dante choose virgil - because he is the most famous roman poet of all time, dante wanted to mimic his themes
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3 Animals at beginning of the story and what they represent
Leopard - lust Lion - pride She-wolf - greed
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Geryon
monstrous creature that represents fraud. helps Dante and Virgil to get to 8th circle. Geryon's appearance, including his human face, reptilian body, and scorpion-like tail symbolizes fraud
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Malacoda/Malebranche
Malebranche - group of devils guarding the pitch in the 5th bolgia of 8th circle Malacoda - leader of group, deceives Dante
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Charon
The ferryman who transports dead souls across the river Acheron and into hell. Refuses to ferry Dante across Acheron, because Dante is a living soul. But he agrees to help Dante when Virgil tells him that their journey is ordered by God's will.
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The physical structure of Dante’s hell
How it goes from wide and airy to dark claustrophobic and cold
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Judas, Brutus, and Cassius's punishment
eternally chewed by Lucifer's three mouths. Judas is in the central mouth, while Brutus and Cassius are in the left and right mouths, respectively
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Creon vs Antigone form of justice
-Antigone believes in divine law, fulfilling her duty to the gods by burying her brother -Creon believes in the law of the state, believing in the importance of order and tradition.
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God's form of justice in Antigone
The gods' form of justice is not explicitly defined, but it seems to prioritize family ties and adherence to unwritten, eternal laws, as opposed to the strict, man-made laws championed by Creon.
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Dike
the Greek concept of "justice" or "law". It encompasses the idea of acting in accordance with what is natural or normal, as well as the fairness and order inherent in the universe.
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Relationship between Antigone & Ismene
Sisters, started off with tension because ismene doesn't want to help, later on ismene regrets and antigone wont let ismene help her, Antigone is stubborn.
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Haimon vs Creon Philosophy
Creon says he is older, wiser, stronger, etc/ Haimon says sometimes it takes a fresher perspective: know the philosophical differences: traditional vs contemporary.
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Concepts of Religious obligations vs. Allegiance to the State
Creon has an allegiance to the state, Antigone embodies religious obligations
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Elements of Tragedy
When something tragic happens, main character becomes wise too late, something doesn't get saved because of pride plot, character, thought, diction, song (music), and spectacle (scenic effect) are 6 main elements
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Structure utilized by Sophocles
Chrous - Group of elders, voice of the community Apostrophe - When a character speaks to the dead Strophe - First part, chorus talks about one thing Antistrophe - second part, chorus talks about another thing Epode - Final stationary part (Strophe Antistrophe Epode allow Sophocles to explore different views on an idea)
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Basic plot and philosophy of Allegory of the Cave
Person in cave, see the shadows, guy gets out, sees real things, returns but people don't believe him
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Plato’s Theory of Forms
Proposes that true reality exists in a realm of abstract, ideal entities called Forms, which are not physical and are the ultimate source of reality
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The Role of Education & Enlightenment according to Plato
As the more someone is enlightened, the more they see reality and can see more knowledge, but the more they become hated by their society
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Basic Plot of Prometheus
steals fire from zeus, helps people, Zeus punished prometheus by changing prometheus to a rock with eagle eating his insides
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How Prometheus Synthesizes into Allegory of the Cave
Education and enlightenment of folks.

Honors English 2 Vocab (4 decks)

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