Italian Literature A study of Italian literature has strongly influenced not only the Europeans but also the world. It shows passionate sensitivity to goodness and true beauty of life. The Italian love for Christian virtue‚ faith‚ hope‚ and charity radiates in both their prose and poetry. For Italians‚ true love and nobility‚ which are manifested in their literary works‚ are inseparable. FAMOUS POETS PROFILE WORKS SHORT DESCRIPTION of WORKS Horace Virgil Livy Ovid
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mental disorder as their punishment. Dante describes all of their horrid and gruesome punishments with his clear imagery‚ as he does in most Cantos. However‚ what makes this Canto special is the numerous amount of references to Ancient Greek mythology and the many similes. Dante’s use of said similes and mythological stories represent how clearly he is able to describe things outside of his use of imagery alone‚ and it shows how much he was influenced by Virgil. Dante starts off this Canto retelling
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taking on board the traditions of the Italian "Commedia dell’ Arte‚ the Italian night scenes and British Music hall to produce an intrinsic art form that constantly adapted to survive up to the present day. Pantomime has been attempted abroad‚ usually with a small amount of success. Not surprisingly it has proved popular in countries such as Canada‚ Australia and South Africa- recently a production of "Babes
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Christ and God. Though there are the souls in Limbo that suffer from never knowing the word of God. These souls in Limbo are those that were Pagans and the unbaptized infants. But now the question is why does Dante place these souls in these certain circles of Hell and how does he decide? Dante lived in a Midlevel time of Christianity and based his view on what his religion taught them. How does Dante’s view of Hell in his time compare to Christianity’s modern view of Hell. I myself being of the
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Term 2 – 3 Logbooks: 2nd June – 23rd July Monday 2nd June Warm Up: Cowboys and Indians (Already completed) Activity: Individual Acting out with different commedia masks Individual acting out with different commedia masks: In this activity we were required to choose a mask from commedia theatre that ‘spoke to us’‚ and with this mask we must act out the character we believe the mask portrays and communicate it through the questions the teacher asks us. I personally found it hard to let the
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1. In the epic poetry‚ The Inferno of Dante translation by Robert Pinsky (1320)‚ Dante Alighieri claims that a person’s inability to restrain their emotions with reason leads to the person becoming a sinner in one way or another. Alighieri supports this thesis by introducing the different types of sinners that there are as well as telling their backstory as to how they became sinners and ultimately ended up in hell. The author purposely emphasizes the back stories of the different types of sinners
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it comes to influence and power‚ and the revenge of Edmond Dantes. Edmond Dantes is a good-hearted and God-fearing person‚ a sailor who had a bright future ahead at the moment he’s imprisoned: he was about to be promoted and to marry the woman he loved so dearly. His life is ruined because of others envy to him especially his friend Fernand Mondego‚ who betrayed him and and later takes his fiance Mercedes as his own wife. Edmond Dantes was the victim of an unfortunate coincidence‚ because of lack
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begin by a brief summery of the story. Edmond Dantes‚ a young sailor‚ gets a reward to be a Captain of a ship‚ but unfortunately four men arranged that he will be imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. The four men are Danglars‚ Villefort‚ Fernand Mondego‚ and Caderousse. Dantes has spent fourteen years in prison and then he escaped with a friend that taught him many things and gave him a map to a treasure. The friend (Abbe) died‚ and when Dantes finds the treasure he becomes rich and famous and
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Michael Sharp British Literature I 09/26/07 Angelina Jolie has a place in Hell According to Dante‚ Hell is broken down into nine circles. Each circle would represent a punishment according to their sin and would be more evil as you draw near towards the last circle. If Dante were to travel in Hell again‚ he would most likely encounter Angelina Jolie. Although she is looked upon as a celebrity with a humanitarian heart‚ the sins that she have committed would not be acceptable in
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The American Heritage Dictionary defines justice as the upholding of what is just‚ especially fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor‚ standards‚ or law. Personal or vigilante justice is one person taking the law into his or her hands. He or she would not follow laws or societal justice. In the case of The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas‚ a man is thrown into prison. He is framed for betraying the government. However‚ this man is innocent. As soon as he escapes from
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