The Cantos

Ulysses believed that he had “owed penelope to make her happy,” but he decided to leave her abandoned for a second time and believes that, “nothing could quench my burning wish” (Canto 26, 96-97). Ulysses implies that he is more important than his family, and shows that he fits his sin due to his “burning wish” (Canto 26, 97). Ulysses attempt to deceive Dante and Virgil is only one of his ways he tried to deceive people.

Canto I ➢ Setting- • The Outside of Purgatory • Dante and Virgil are on a shoreline • Four Stars- Fortitude, Temperance, Prudence, Justice ➢ Sin Represented- • None ➢ Virtue Depicted- • None ➢ Punishment- • None ➢ Significant Characters- • The Muses • Calliope- head muse • Cato- old man who Dante and Virgil run into • Commited suicide Canto II ➢ Setting- • Dante and Virgil are on a shoreline ➢ Sin Represented- • None ➢ Virtue Depicted- • None ➢ Punishment and Correction- • None ➢ Significant

Song of Myself Canto 1 Title- The song of myself sounds like a poem of self expression, and a gospel of Walt Whitman's’ self beliefs. When his optimistic outlook on life is brought into perspective, one could also conclude that the poem was about his positive and radical outlook on life, because it is a song of himself, his personal expression. Paraphrase- I celebrate myself, and am proud of who I have become. I assume that you are just as good as me, We are all equal. I rest and invite my soul,

Dante • paints pictures with his descriptive words • recreates a sensory experience o appeals to the readers senses o dsitrubing and unpleasant visions of hell (fires, etc.) • imagery helps the reader visualize a wolrd filled with nothing but fear o unrelenting pain and misery • Dante truly captures the horror of life in hell through his descriptions, as well as his carefully chosen words. WORKING THESIS: • Dante utilizes several literary techniques, but his use of imagery allows him to effectively

reader arrives at a crossroads for interpretation and discussion. Canto XI offers one such crux in which Dante asks the question of why there is a separation between the upper levels of hell and the lower levels of hell. By discussing the text, examining its implications and interpretations, conclusions can be drawn about why there is delineation between the upper and lower levels and the rationale behind the separation. Canto XI serves the purpose in a twofold way;

stole from banks. During their crime spree and being on the run they were responsible for the death of 13 people and would kill anyone in their way. They were in a car chase and eventually there were caught and shot to death by police officers. In the canto the sin was still theft and the punishment was death endlessly by snakes. Dante’s inferno is relevant today because humans do not know what is actually in hell but Dante gives a theoretical situation of what hell is and what's in it. In addition, Dante

In Canto 18, Dante and Virgil enter into the eighth circle of the fraudulent. This is the place in hell known as Malebolge which contains 10 “pouches of evil (line 2).” The sinners at the bottom of the first ditch are all nude, running in different directions. At each end, “ horned devils” whip the sinners backs. Amongst the crowd Dante recognizes Venedico Caccianemico and wonders how he ended up in here. Venedico admits that he forced his sister Ghisolabella to “ the bed of the Marchese (line 56)

In the early cantos of Inferno, Dante appears to be a very cowardly man who is easily overwhelmed by his emotions to the point of fainting. This happens at the end of canto five when Dante becomes so overcome by pity for the lovers in the circle of the lustful that he “swooned as though to die and fell to Hell’s floor as a body, dead, falls.” Throughout the play he is extremely dependent on his guide, Virgil, to protect him from the many horrors they face. At one point in canto eight the two are

to the sights and sounds of nature, and his endless store of knowledge allows him to capture and draw the reader into the realm of the terrestrial hell. In Canto 6, the Gluttons; Canto 13, the Violent against Themselves; and Canto 23, the Hypocrites; Dante excels in his detailed description of the supernatural world of hell. In each canto, Dante combines his mastery of language with his sensitivity to the sights and sounds of nature to set the stage. He then reinforces the image with examples

who helps Aeneas, favors the Portuguese. In Canto 1 Stanza 33, it says “the lovely Venus, favoring the people of Portugal”. Venus supports the Portuguese while Bacchus the opposing forces. Camões is more than happy to claim that everything happened on the Portuguese as a grander plan, and a realization of gods’ will on earth, be it Christian God or Olympian gods. He fully embodies the divine intervention to justify that gods endorse their deeds. In Canto 2 Stanza 59-63, Mercury appears in da Gama’s