Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Cantro 9

pg91 Line91 "...he was sent to us by heaven"
Like the Aneid was for Rome The INferno seems like it is an Epic for Dante himself. He puts the angle in the city to let him in to reinforce that he is ment to be going on his journey through hell and that it is important enough for God to send an Angel to help him.

pg93 Line109 "The lids were raised with sound of woe so great..."
The more original idea of hell is people sitting around burning to death and the most basic idea of why you would go to hell is because you did not believe in God. It fitting and interesting that Dante chose to place the non-believers where they will burn for eternity, both basic ideas.

pg97 Line25 "I possibly wrought excessive harm"
It is weird that Dante Travels through hell so unnoticed or seemingly to us. Is Dante choosing to not write about it? It seems like a live soul Traveling through hell would draw more attention than he does with only a few people recognizing him.

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