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THE INFERNO. DAN T E. ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE. DANTE ALIGHIERI. The trivium and the quadrivium were typical of Medieval curriculum. As customary, Dante had an arranged marriage in his youth to Gemma Donati, daughter of Manetto Donati.

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DAN T E

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  1. THE INFERNO DANTE ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE

  2. DANTEALIGHIERI • The trivium andthe quadrivium were typical of Medieval curriculum. • As customary,Dante had an arranged marriage in his youth to Gemma Donati, daughter of ManettoDonati. • Born in Florence,May, 1265. • His family was oldand of nobleorigin, • But no longerwealthy. • He probably spent a year or a part of ayear at the University of Bologna as part of his education.

  3. BEATRICE • She was hisangel, • And from that day on his life andwork were dedicated to her. • He could not touch her. This was the age of Courtlylove. • Beatrice married about 1287, and died in 1290 atthe age of25. • Dante's greatlove, and thegreatest • single influenceon hiswork. • He met her whenhe was nine, she eight, at his father's home. • Most likely at aMay Dayfestival.

  4. DANTE 1530 ARTISTUNKNOWN An Allegorical Representation.

  5. BEATRICE Dante's muse, Inspiration, the female Aspect behind the Genius. SHE IS THEDIVINE LIGHT OFLOVE. Bernardino dei Conti 1500.

  6. DANTE'S MEDIEVALWORLD • His world wasthreefold: • The world ofpolitics, • The world oftheology, • The world oflearning. • His Comedy utilizes all three; these areasare • Interdependent, sothat • It is impossible tosay • That one was more important than theother. • The middle ages was dominated by the struggle between thepapacy • And theempire. • Both thought that they were of divine origin, and indispensable tothe welfare ofmankind.

  7. THEPAPACY TheVatican, Rome,Italy. One of the few remaining city-states in theworld.

  8. TheEmpire CONSTANTINE WHERE CHURCH ANDSTATE WERE FIRST TIEDUP.

  9. CAUSE OF THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN PAPACY ANDEMPIRE • THE PAPAL CLAIMTO TEMPORALPOWER, • JUSTIFIED BY THEFORGED • "DONATION OF CONSTANTINE" IN THE 8TH CENTURY, STATED THAT THE EMPEROR, BEFORE LEAVING FOR BYZANTIUM HAD GIVEN POWER TOTHE BISHOP OFROME • POPE SYLVESTERI, • POLITICAL DOMINIONOVER • ITALY AND THEWESTERN EMPIRE. • THISCLAIM CREATED • GREAT STRIFEAND DISCORDIN • THE • EMPIRE.NOTHING NEW BETWEEN RELIGIONAND • POLITICS.

  10. THE IMPORTANCE OF VIRGIL IN THE MIDDLE AGES VIRGIL WASREGARDED AS A SAGEAND NECROMANCER. HIS POEM'S WEREOPENED IN A MANNER OFDIVINATION CALLED SORTES. THEBOOK WAS OPENED AT RANDOM AND A VERSE SELECTED AS AN ANSWER TO A QUESTION. THE BIBLE IS STILL USED THISWAY.

  11. VIRGIL 70 B.C.E. 19B.C.E • He was the greatestof the Romanpoets. • His Aeneid provided the pattern forthe • Structure of Dante's Hell. However, Virgil was chosen asDante's guide throughhell • Because Dante sawhim as his master and inspiration forDante's • Poeticstyle. • Virgil is also revered as the poet of the Roman Empire. • The Aeneid tells of the Empire'sfounding. • Virgil also wrote inhis • fourthecologue • Of the coming of a Wonder Child who will bring the GoldenAge, • Interpreted in the Middle Ages asthe coming ofChrist.

  12. STRUCTUREOF THECOMEDY • DANTE'SNUMERICAL SYMBOLISM: • 3 A SYMBOL OFTHE HOLYTRINITY; • 9 THREE TIMESTHREE. • 33 A MULTIPLE OF3; • THE 7 DAYSOF CREATION; • 10 CONSIDERED IN THE MEDIEVALPERIOD A PERFECTNUMBER; • 100, THE MULTIPLEOF 10. • DANTE'SWORLD WAS ONE THAT BELIEVED IN MYSTICAL • CORRESPONDENCES • NUMBERS,STARS, STONES, EVENTS OF HISTORY— CONTAINED A MYSTICAL SIGNIFICANCE.

  13. THIS PLAN WAS CARRIED OUT WITH CONSUMMATE PRECISION. THERE ARE THREE MAJOR DIVISIONS OFSINS: 3.FRAUDULENCE 1.INCONTINENCE 2.VIOLENCE EACH DIVISION HAS 33 CANTOS, A TOTAL OF99. THE FIRST CANTO OF THE INFERNO IS ANINTRODUCTION THAT MAKES 100 CANTOS INALL. HELL IS NO PLACE FOR THE WISHY-WASHY, AS WESHALL SEE. BEFORE WE ARE DONE, EVERYONE WILL KNOWWHAT CIRCLE OF HELL THEY MAY FIND THEMSELVESIN!!!

  14. THE SPIRALINGINFERNO • THAT DIMINSHIN CIRCUMFERENCE • THE DEEPER THAT VIRGIL ANDDANTE TRAVEL. • THE NINE REGIONS ARE DESIGNATEDFOR A PARTICULARSIN. • THE HIGHER UP A SINNER, THELIGHTER THE SIN, THE DEEPER THE SINNER, THE DARKER AND MORE TERRIBLE THESIN. • ! • DANTE'S HELL ISA HUGEFUNNEL • SHAPEDPIT. • THE CENTER IS LOCATEDBENEATH JERUSALEM. • ITS REGIONSARE ARRANGED IN A SERIES OF DESCENDING CIRCULAR STAIRCASES

  15. CONCEPT OF DIVINERETRIBUTION • PUNISHMENTSIN HELL ARE REGULATED BY THE LAW OF RETRIBUTION. • THESE PUNISHMENTS ARE RELATED TO THE SINSEITHER BY ANALOGY OR ANTITHESIS. • AS ONE SINNED IN LIFE, SO HE ORSHE IS PUNISHED IN DEATH. • WE WILL SEETHIS CONCEPT • NUMEROUSTIMES • IN • THEINFERNO.

  16. VESTIBULE:UNCOMMITTED ACHERON CIRCLE I (LIMBO) VIRTUOUS UNBAPTIZED CIRCLE II:LUSTFUL CIRCLE III: GLUTTONOUS CIRCLE IV: PRODIGAL,AVARICIOUS CIRCLE V (STYX); THEWRATHFUL WALLS OF THE CITY OF DIS (CAPITOL OFHELL CIRCLE VI:HERETICS CIRCLE VII: VIOLENT AGAINST NEIGHBORS; VIOLENT AGAINST THEMSELVES; VIOLENTAGAINST GOD, NATURE,ART. ABYSS CIRCLE VIII(MALEBOLGE). GIANTS WELL CIRCLE IX(COCYTUS): TRAITORSTO KINDRED COUNTRY GUESTS MASTERS

  17. DANTE'S FUNNEL SHAPED HELL

  18. AT THE BOTTOM OF THEINFERNO IS DANTE'S SATAN. THE EPITOME OFEVIL, THEFALLEN ANGEL.

  19. POINTS TOREMEMBER • THE INFERNO IS PART OF AWORK • IT IS ALSOAN ALLEGORY. • THE MORAL PURPOSE IS TO POINT OUT TO THOSE STILL LIVING THEERROR OF THEIRWAYS • AND TO PUTTHEM ON THE PATH OF SALVATION. CALLED THEDIVINE COMEDY. • IN THE MIDDLE AGES COMEDY MEANT SOME HUMAN EXPERIENCETHAT • BEGAN INTRAGEDY AND ENDED IN HAPPINESS.

  20. THEFINAL GOAL: SALVATION BY THE CROSS.

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