to baffle scholars today with its intricacies. Why is its impact so great? Firstly‚ Dante assumes a great deal of arrogance in his writing. He has selected the protagonist‚ the person worthy of a glimpse at the afterlife‚ as himself. He is guided throughout Hell by Virgil‚ the poet responsible for the national epic of Rome‚ the Aeneid. Comparisons between the two are frequent and indiscrete. Although Dante obviously looks up to Virgil and has closely modeled his style after him‚ Virgil is still
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suggests‚ the concept of sacredness also applies to time ("born‚ lived‚ and died" are events in time) and space ("city")‚ which are continuous themes throughout the Vita nuova. The sacredness of Beatrice is made apparent very early in the text. The Dante persona first meets Beatrice at the age of nine‚ and describes the encounter with Biblical language‚ "first appeared the glorious lady" (VN 2:1). In the same paragraph‚ he refers to her as a "youthful angel" (VN 2:8) and quotes Homer‚ "she seemed
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Nora Martinez 11/10/14 Religion 267 Confession: Encounter with Christ in Penance During the sacrament of confession Von Speyr speaks about how one should prepare to confess and the process of the inner self reflection. The process of confession and different phases we encounter during and before the act of confession are profound. Von Speyr demonstrates that there is a great insightful meaning that goes into confessing. If one is not able to experience humiliation throughout the whole sacrament
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The narrative titled The inferno talks about the descent of Dante into Hell with respect to the features relevant in Hell. His admiration of the character Virgil of the Aeneid led him to his reverence to the character and his incorporation of the individual into his narrative known as the Inferno. His description of the underworld with respect to the other world owes its origin from the extensive utilization of the Aeneid. His work pconcernin the description of Hell was mostly his creation. However
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Masks and alternate identity is a major theme in Mishima Yukio’s Confessions of a Mask. The narrator believes that throughout his youth‚ he had been playing a role on a stage to hide his real self. However‚ contrary to what the narrator claims‚ throughout the novel‚ he is not playing the role of another personality. He is simply hiding. It is only in the conclusion‚ when the when the war is over‚ and the need for order and principle and everyday life is restored‚ that he finally sees the creation
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character of Edmond Dantes. Dantes‚ a 19 year old boy growing up in the small town of Marseilles‚ leads an innocent life overflowing with good fortune‚ causing him to be unaware of hardship. However when wrongly imprisoned by those whom he thought were his friends‚ Dantes’s innocence is replaced with a longing for revenge. After escaping
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Three- Violence Against God(blasphemy) A huge and powerful warrior-king who virtually embodies defiance against his highest god‚ Capaneus is an exemplary blasphemer--with blasphemy understood as direct violence against God. Still‚ it is striking that Dante selects a pagan character to represent one of the few specifically religious sins punished in hell. Dante’s portrayal of Capaneus in Inferno 14.43-72--his large size and scornful account of Jove striking him down with thunderbolts--is based on the
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Edmond Dantes (James Caviezel)‚ the second mate of a French trading ship‚ a young and successful merchant sailor‚ is planning to marry Mercedes‚ his lover‚ after he gets his captain’s paper. Mercedes (Dagmara Dominczyk) promises to marry him‚ for she is in love with him. Fernand Mondego (Guy Pearce)‚ a representative of the ship‚ Edmond’s best friend‚ is obviously jealous of Edmond Dantes. He could not get Mercedes to love him even though he secretly desires to marry Mercedes. Edmond Dantes did not
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written between 1308 and 1321. Dante Alighieri composed the poem and completed it just before his death in 1321. Dante chose to use his name as the main character‚ but is not a depiction of himself. However‚ upon reading the poem one could argue that Dante the characters journey through hell to get to heaven could be a symbol of the real Dante’s exile from Florence. The story is written as a first person account of the journey through the three realms of the dead. Dante chose to use the Roman poet Virgil
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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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