Helena. Major Characters (Note: There is not much physical description of the characters in the book). The protagonist of the story is Edmond Dantes. Dantes takes on many aliases throughout the book‚ including: Count of Monte Cristo‚ Sinbad the Sailor‚ Abbe Busoni‚ Lord Wilmore‚ and a chief banking clerk at Thomson and French. When the story begins‚ Dantes is a young sailor who sales for Pierre Morrel on the ship called the Pharoan. He is liked by everybody‚ and is a well respected sailor‚ and intends
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works of Dante Alighieri Tevon Strand-Brown “O all ye whose intellects are sound‚ Look now and see the meaning that is hidden Beneath the veil that covers my strange verses:” (Inferno 9:61) Dante Alighieri is indisputably the most famous Italian poet in history. His seminal work‚ The Divine Comedy still inspires 700 years after its writing‚ and has not yet yielded all of its secrets‚ though it is one of the most widely studied works ever to be written. The name “Dante” and that
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Allegories in the Inferno The Inferno describes a journey that Dante‚ with his guide Virgil‚ goes through different levels of the Hell. There are nine circles in the Hell‚ and sinners in each level are condemned to different crimes. They receive punishments in coincidence with their sins. Dante’s depiction of the Hell‚ including how sinners are punished and the appearance of different levels‚ contains many allegories that illustrate Dante’s ideas about the meaning of life. I will give three specific
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Examination and Film Comparisons of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno Referred to as a comedy by Dante Alighieri himself and named by later ages for recognition of both its subject matter and achievements‚ The Divine Comedy‚ Dante’s epic poem is one of the incontestable great works of world literature. It includes a wide range of distinct literary elements; it celebrates the central doctrines of medieval Christianity with great enthusiasm while still remaining sympathetic to the human heart. It is one
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of his life. Dante sets himself as the narrator and main character of this epic poem. His flight through Hell begins in a dark and unknown forest. As Dante wanders through the woods he comes to a hill above which shines the first sunlight that he has encountered in the forest. But as Dante begins to climb the hill a leopard blocks his path. As Dante retreats‚ a lion and a she-wolf join the leopard in driving Dante back into the dark valley. Rushing terrified down the hill Dante encounters a
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The Count of Monte Cristo‚ the main character is Edmond Dantes. Dantes is a young 19-year-old and is soon-to-be captain of the Pharaon‚ after Captain Leclere dies of brain fever off the Isle of I1 Giglio. Dantes is imprisoned when a suspicious letter is sent to Villefort‚ the state prosecutor‚ which claims Dantes is a Bonapartist. Dantes is sent to the Chateau d’If where he spends fourteen wretched years. Shortly after gaining his freedom‚ Dantes seeks vengeance on Danglar. Danglar is the ringleader
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THE CRUCIBLE Act I 1. Why has Reverend Parris sent for a doctor as the play begins? His daughter‚ Betty wont wake up after sleeping 2. What does Parris question his niece Abigail about? About what she did in the forest 3. What did Parris see in the woods the previous night? Paris saw Tituba over the fire‚ waving her arms and a naked woman dancing. 4. Why does Abigail say she was dismissed by the Proctors? Because Mrs.Proctor hates her 5. What does Betty Parris reveal about what happened
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have been given? One such man who wrote a book about such an encounter is Dante Alighieri. Dante opened up The Inferno with a tone of sympathy and grief; however‚ his attitude toward the souls he encountered became increasingly opposite to that‚ as if he felt the souls deserved this. Some souls he encountered he had known‚ and some he had merely heard of. Dante did not pass judgment upon all of them‚ but many he did. Dante felt sympathy towards many characters in the first few rings of hell‚ including
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the beginning of time‚ however Dante Alighieri ’s literary masterpiece‚ Inferno brought the reality of sin to life. Some suspect Dante wrote Inferno because he was experiencing some form of a mental breakdown‚ others insist that he wrote Inferno to educate people about sin. Inferno begins on the evening of Good Friday‚ when Dante the poet is lost traveling about in a Dark Wood. The Roman poet Vergil finds Dante‚ saves Dante from three wild animals‚ and adds that Dante ’s long lost lover Beatrice has
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encounter between Dante‚ the main character‚ and Filippo Argenti‚ a member of the condemned‚ deals with Dante’s response to Argenti’s place in hell‚ his disdain for Argenti‚ and his symbolic rejection of sin by his actions. Dante has no sympathy towards Argenti even though Argenti is condemned to stay in the slimy River of Styx until the Judgment. Dante holds great animosity towards Argenti carried on from conflicts they have had in life to the putrid circles of hell. The hostility Dante demonstrates
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