Works by Dante Alighieri

Both complex and ambiguous, the riddle entices its challengers with hints that bring its prospective interpreters closer to its true solution. Analogous to the riddle, both Grendel and Beowulf, within the poem, “Beowulf”, are enigmas, whose respective inhumanity and humanity are never truly defined; but throughout the poem, the poet leaves clues that arise from a highly interpretive yet meticulous writing style, filled with contradictions of animalistic and humanistic descriptions, that…

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a deeply symbolic and allegorical poem. In it, Dante describes the afterlife and how souls are judged and placed in Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Souls typically are judged on whatever their most prominent sins are, and placed in the appropriate circle of Hell or terrace of Purgatory. In The Divine Comedy, Dante illustrates that it is the choices that one makes while on Earth that determines where one will be placed in the afterlife through his descriptions…

themes and the many similarities between the critically acclaimed works of art. In the Heart of Darkness Marlowe is in many ways similar to Dante in Dante's Inferno. Both Marlowe and Dante are going on a mission. Although their journeys are very different both Marlowe and Dante display feelings of regret and are both naive of of the situations present to them. Not only this but, also Marlowe says many things that refer to Dantes Inferno. You should have heard him say, "My ivory." Oh, yes,…

Peter Troia EL 3560-Literature of Europe Professor Keizer December 14th 2015 Sin and Crime in Dante's Inferno Sin in Dante’s , Dante walks through hell with a roman poet as a guide. He explains that hell is portrayed as nine circles of suffering and is located within the earth. Different sinners in hell are made to undergo different forms of suffering that represent their crimes of sins while on the earth. There are nine circles of hell two broader divisions; the upper hell and the…

What does fire represent throughout this novel? Well, I'm going to tell you so keep reading. The novel is comparing Victor to the Greek God, Prometheus and how he gave the gift of fire to the people but in the end result got punished. So when Victor was trying to give the people "the secret of life" he also go punished for doing that. Fire is a symbol for destruction, when the creature is consumed by the fury of when the people didn't like him. He started to burn their homes down. In the…

Dante was walking in the forest one day and he lost his path which led him to run into a leopard, a lion and a she-wolf. Dante, scared out of his mind, leaves and runs into a Virgil, a poet and a ghost. He came to help Dante back toward his path which was to the mountain top. Virgil tells Dante that the path they're gonna take will lead them through hell and then eventually heaven. He then tells Dante that it was Beatrice and two other holy people that told Virgil to come find Dante. Virgil…

contrapasso, an impression of the wrongdoing being rebuffed. Dante first acquaints the peruser with the thought in the Vestibule, where the uncommitted are rebuffed. Since they were uncommitted in life, they are compelled to perpetually pursue, yet never find, a flag while being tormented by stinging creepy crawlies. What's more, since they never did extraordinary deeds for good or sick, their characters are difficult to observe. Dante the Writer considers them to have never genuinely been alive…

“The Hound of the Baskervilles” is a 1939 film directed by Sidney Lanfield. This film tells the story of Sir Henry Baskerville returning to his long lost family estate. But thinks take a turn for the worst when his relative Sir Charles Baskerville dies right before his arrival by some unknown source. As the story unfolds and progresses, detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson aim to find the unknown cause of death. “The Hound of the Baskervilles” is a very good film filled with a very…

In Dante’s Divine Comedy, there are three parts: the Inferno the Purgatorio and the Paradiso. In the first section, the Inferno, Dante and the poet Virgil travel through the nine layers of hell; in each circle they come across different sinners being punished accordingly for their sins. I have chosen to elaborate on three of the circles and the punishments bestowed upon the inhabitants within them. The first circle that I have chosen is the 3rd circle. Within this layer those who have committed…

within. Great effort is made by Dante to paint a detailed picture for the reader that is both horrible and realistic. His use of symbols helps to make sense of what the reader is seeing; it also helps to make the unknown familiar and logical. At…