Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Inferno (1, 3, 5)
- Why is Dante taking this journey?
- In what ways is it apparent that the poem is an epic?
- Know about characters and plot
- Where does the poem start?
- Where is Dante in Canto 3? Canto 5?
- Virgil, Dante, Minos, Charon, Beatrice
- Why does Virgil reside in circle 1 - limbo?
- Don't forget the minor characters (sinners)
- What are the key events in Cantos 1, 3, 5?
- What is symbolic retribution?
- Be able to identify examples from the text
- Be able to identify symbolism
- lion, she-wolf, leopard
- Know about Dante, the author (review notes)
- Basic set up of Dante's Hell