Thursday, March 18, 2010

Canto V+VI

pg47 Line3 "Minos the dreadful snarls at the gate..."
Dante has made another mythical character into a demon. Minos was the Judge of the Underworld but I doubt he was originally portrayed as a Demon with a Tail. The theme that Roman Gods were really demons as Dante warps mythical characters into Demons.

pg47 Line19 "Don't be deceived because the gate is wide"
Interesting how all the Demons in Hell stop what they're doing so they can give Dante a hand. The door is wide, like a hook for the greedy people who it would appeal to. Ironic that it would draw people to their suffering...

pg61 Line 77 "Their souls are among the blackest in Hell"
Dante has basically declared himself God here by deciding who is in Hell. This is a taste of the more political side of the book. I have a feeling Dante might actually go to Hell despite his beliefs. Pride poissibly? He thinks he's God and decides people are in Hell..

pg63 Line97 "...that the more A creature is pefect the more it percieves the good-and likewise, pain..."
After judgment day peoples souls will be able to go back to their body making them more complete or "perfect" Virgil claims that the closer to perfect the more you can feel pain. The people in Hell aren't at the worst of it yet.

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