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The Inferno and the Journey Through Hell by Dante (962 words, 2 pages)

The InfernoDante's immoral dramaof a journey through hell.In his poem, the Inferno, Dante mentions many well know people. Dante mentions such people as Pope Anastasius, Alexander the great, Cleopatra, and many others. The poem is about Dante who has died, and upon reaching the afterlife, he was stopped short of ... Read More

The Monsters in Dante’s Inferno (1506 words, 2 pages)

The monsters in Dante's Inferno are drawn almost directly from classical mythology. He creates some small demons and other beings, but the major monsters are taken from Greek and Roman lore. Dante uses monsters in his poem for many purposes. They all have specific jobs and are not just there ... Read More

A Journey Through the Depths of Hell (1522 words, 2 pages)

A Journey through HellThe Inferno, the first part of the Divina Commedia, written around 1307 to 1314, is the masterpiece of Dante Alighieri. The story tells of a pilgrim Dante, not to be confused with the writer Dante, and his journey through hell to the base of the mountain of ... Read More

A Review of Roland Barthes’s Essay “The Wold of Wrestling” (4525 words, 5 pages)

Medieval Literary Drama Dialectic and Spectacle in the Harrowing of Hell Roland Barthes's essay on "The World of Wrestling" draws analogically on the ancient theatre to contextualize wrestling as a cultural myth where the grandiloquence of the ancient is preserved and the spectacle of excess is displayed. Barthes's critique -- ... Read More

An Introduction and a Literary Analysis of the Guardians of the Inferno by Dante (1271 words, 5 pages)

The Guardians of the Inferno Dante's Inferno is one of the best written works of all time because it was written as anallegory inside an excellent story. A key part of this allegory was how Dante useddifferent guardians in the various circles of hell. These guardians were used to symbolizethe ... Read More

The Test of One Knight’s Chivalry Attributes, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2013 words, 8 pages)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Test of One Knight's Chivalric AttributesLoyalty, courage, honor, purity, and courtesy are all attributes of aknight that displays chivalry. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is truly a storyof the test of these attributes. In order to have a true test of theseattributes, there ... Read More

An Analysis of the Character Dante in the Divine Comedy (600 words, 3 pages)

The Divine Comedy DanteThe character of Dante in The Divine Comedy who descended into theinferno caused me to stop and think about this awful place. As the reader I gotto take an imaginary journey with Dante to a horrible place where I do not careabout going. While Dante descended into ... Read More

A Picture View of the Life of Dante Lost in the Dark Wood (3409 words, 6 pages)

Volume 1 Inferno Cantos I - XICanto I Halfway through his life, DANTE THE PILGRIM wakes to find himself lost in the dark wood. Terrified at being alone in so dismal a valley, he wanders until he comes to a hill bathed in sunlight, and his fear begins to leave ... Read More

The Basic Differences in Perception of of Man, Nature and Time in Medieval and Renaissance Literature (1517 words, 5 pages)

Basic differences in perception of man, nature and time in Medieval and Renaissance literatureTime of Medieval literature started with the fall of the Roman empire in 5th century A.D. People were on the highest level of barbarism, man got all what he could, he did not have goals anymore. This ... Read More

Published: Sunday 3rd of November 2013