english inferno - Dante Flashcards
9 levels of the Inferno
- Limbo
- Lust
- Gluttony
- Greed
- Wrathful
- Hereitics
- Violence
- Fraud
- Betrayers
What is the fourth level of hell
Greed
What is the second level of hell
Lust
What is the first level of hell
Limbo
What is the third level of hell
gluttony
what is the 5th level of hell
Wrathful
What is the 6th level of hell
Hereitics
What is the 7th level of hell
Violence
8th level of hell
Fraud
9th level of hell ( the worst of all)
Betrayers
When does Dante go through a dark forest?
Canto 1
What is the dark forest an allegory to?
a dark/low point in ones life and Sin
What three creatures does Dante encounter?
Lion, Leopard, She-wolf
When (which canto) does Dante meet the 3 animals
in canto 1
What does the she-wolf represent?
greed
what does the lion represent?
pride
what does the leopard represent?
lust
Who is Virgil
Virgil is an author who Dante looks up to. He is also Dantes guide through hell :D
How are souls in limbo punished?
They have bugs crawling on them and eating them alive. They also chase around a banner with no purpose.
What do the punishments in limbo represent?
Banner chasing: the souls here lead a useless life not making any decisions on weather to be good or bad. useless life = useless punishment
Bugs: the souls lived as if they were dead. So they have maggots, flys, wasps, and other bugs crawling on them like they would on a bead corpse.
What level of hell is Dante in, in canto 3
Limbo Lvl. 1
What level of hell is Dante in, in canto 5
Lust Lvl. 2
Where is Dante in canto 1
a forest
What level of hell is Dante in, in canto 34
Betrayal (level 9)