Contrast the psychological makeup of the sinners in Inferno and the penitent in Purgatorio This paper will compare the psychological makeup of the penitents in Purgatorio and the sinners in Inferno. Dante’s views are based on the principles of the Catholic religion and so‚ the harshest punishment that can be inflicted upon a sinner is purely spiritual‚ not physical. The Inferno is characterized by sins‚ and the sinners are not willing to repent for their sins but instead‚ they blame it on other
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Dante’s Inferno A. Dante Alighieri 1. 1265-1321 Florence‚ Italy 2. Beatrice; become in love with her at age 9 a. At 18‚ they met again. They get into a fight and she dies 3. believes church and state should remain separate 4. Not allowed back in Florence B. Background information -Written 1308-1321 -100 Cantos (chapters) a. 1 intro canto b. 33 inferno cantos: Sin is around‚ focuses on the power of God c. 33 purgatorio cantos: Wisdom of Christ; reject sin and wait d. 33 paradiso cantos:
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Martha Gilleece World Lit 1 Term Paper 11/28/12 Word Count/1209 Views of Women from Pre-classical Era through the Renaissance The attitudes of male characters towards female characters changed from pre-classical literature to classical literature drastically from the time “Gilgamesh” was written to the time Shakespeare’s sonnets were published. The change was slow‚ in Gilgamesh women are tempting animalistic people and in Homer’s “Iliad‚” and the “Odyssey‚” the women represent what was and
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Voltaire Paper Justin Spicer Voltaire uses many writing techniques‚ which are similar to that of the works of Cervantes‚ Alighieri‚ Rabelais and Moliere. The use of the various styles shows that‚ despite the passing of centuries and the language change‚ certain writing techniques will always be effective. One common literary technique is the author’s use of one or more of his characters as his own voice to speak out the authors own views on certain subjects. For instance‚ in Moliere’s Tartuffe
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the nineteenth century around 1814 on the islands of Elba‚ Chateau d’If and Monte Cristo. This was during the time after the fall of Napoleon’s empire. The Count of Monte Cristo tells a story of betrayal‚ ultimate revenge‚ and undying love. Edmond Dantes‚ a sailor who was falsely accused of treason by his best friend was sentenced to prison where he plots his revenge against those who betrayed him. Armond Mondego the friend who out of jealousy plotted against Edmond to win the beautiful Mercedes and
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Confessions of a Liberal Gun Owner . I am a New England liberal‚ born and bred. I have lived most of my life in the Northeast — Boston‚ New York and Philadelphia — and my politics are devoutly Democratic. In three decades‚ I have voted for a Republican exactly once‚ holding my nose‚ in a mayoral election in which the Democratic candidate seemed mentally unbalanced. I am also a Texas resident and a gun owner. I have half a dozen pistols in my safe‚ all semiautomatics‚ the largest capable of
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Another way to compare both of these stories is by noticing the fact that both Dante and Candide both end up having mentors or people that help them guide them through the story. This is another connection that religion brings together Virgil as a guide to help him travel through hell. In Candide‚ Pangloss helps Candide travel
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Hell from another perspective In myths‚ folklore‚ stories‚ etc.‚ Hell is looked at as a place of torment and punishment in the afterlife. Hell is supposed to be the furthest place away from one’s God or beliefs. The wronged‚ sinners‚ and the “evil” get sent there‚ to be punished for their wrongdoings. Hell is described as either a fiery pit‚ or an icy quarry‚ and to this day we still do not know. With gathered information from ones imagination‚ from Dante’s Inferno‚ and the fact that Hell is furthest
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.: Home .: Favorite Things Famous Thoughts "Live as you were to die tomorrow. Learn as you were to live forever." M. Gandhi ____________________ Only the knowledge that makes us better is useful" Sócrates ____________________ "What does it matter to know what is right when one doesn’t know what righteousness is?" Séneca ____________________ The problem of Man is complex: He cannot understand the complicated truths‚ neither remember the simple ones R. West ____________________
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ignorance many times. He tries to sound intelligent by saying “…you don’t have to quote the whole Inferno to show that you’ve read Milton…” (44). Smithers shows his ignorance here because he is not aware that Milton did not write the Inferno‚ but Dante Alighieri did. Smithers thinks that rooming with Linley is going to make him a more intelligent man and maybe a better salesman. He does not understand that just being around a smart man will make him smarter. Smithers also says he is unable to do
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