Sunday, December 16, 2012
Guide Through Hell
Dante will be the one I choose to lead me through the hell. Since he had been to the hell and wrote Inferno for that, Dante knew all the sins in the hell. I think he can not only show me the hell detaily but also teach me many life lessons.
prologue addil.
Running as fast as a leopard lives in wild.
Skinny and the huge limbs he has.
He shocked all the world one night.
Fastest speed of human race he has.
The zealous of racing he lights up.
Metals he got in Beijing fame he.
Respect and fortune he won from us.
This black leopard will always be in our heart.
His name is Blot, a man from Jamaic.
Riddle
I can touch you, you can't touch me.
I can live without you, you can't live without me.
All of the creatures born because of me.
I travel the fast and have seen all of the views.
People want me at night for working or studying.
I'm everywhere, guess what I'm called.
pic. on pon
"What happened? David." I asked.
"I'm expelled from school." He said. I didn't know what feeling he had at that time.
"Oh...why?" I was shocked with a strong feeling of sadness.
"Because of that thing i did last week." He said, in a blank face.
I was sad, though I just knew him for about 1 month. He is a nice guy, at least he is nice to his friends. I don't know why the school would do this decision, but I think is so unfair.
Then he left,with no sound.
Casting Assignment
The Pardoner (Robert Carlyle)
I
would choose Robert Carlyle to be the Pardoner in the Canterbury tales. As an
evil businessman in once upon a time, Robert Carlyle suits perfectly to the
pardoner, not only just his appearance, but also his personality. “This
pardoner had hair as yellow as wax, It hung straight and lank as a hank of
flax” That is exactly how Robert Carlyle looks like in the tv series once upon
a time. In the Canterbury tales, the pardoner is an evil person who sells fake
sin cards. For the character Robert played in once upon a time, he sells evil
magic to exchange all the good things in the world. He has a lot of power and
he can do anything he wants to. But at the same time, he is a cowardly person. He
uses his incredible power to protect himself, to camouflage he is a brave
person. He is intelligent, especially in the bad side. I think Robert Carlyle is
the right person to play the Pardoner, according to his nice performance in
once upon a time.
The knight (Clark Kent)
I think Clark Kent is the best
person to play the knight in the Canterbury tales. He is the one, who played
the superman in 1996, which I think is a very similar character as the knight.
The superman Clark played is a superhero protecting all the US. Same as the
knight in the Canterbury tales, superman’s job is to protect everyone in the
country and defend the evil. “He always received the highest of praise
Yet though a great man, was wise in
his ways” that is how the Canterbury tales describes the knight. Superman is
also a hero always receives the highest of praise. In the movie Superman,
superman is a not only strong but also smart person. He knows how to save
people from dangers and can always notice where the dangerous comes from. The
knight is a “a fine and worthy man”, said from the tales. Clark Kent is also
playing a fine and worthy man in the movie. Therefore, no matter personalities
or appetences, I think Clark Kent is the best choice for playing the knight.
Nun (Imelda
Staunton)
For the character nun, I think Imelda
Staunton is the best person to choose. In the Canterbury tales, the nun is a
beautiful but ostentatious woman, who has many gorgeous dresses and acts like a
royal princess. “Her smiling was modest
and without fuss” and” Her nose well formed and her eyes grey and bright.
Her mouth was small and her lips soft and
red
But in truth she had a most fair forehead.”
Both describe what does the nun look like in the tale. The character Imelda
Staunton played in Harry Potter, who known as Dolores Umbridge, looks exactly
the same like her. Dolores is a beautiful woman acts like she is in the highest
position in wizard world. In the tales, the author satires the nun that she has
warm-hearted but the truth is she hasn’t. “That if she saw a mouse trapped, she started.
To weep for it if it were dead or bled.”
In the movie Harry Potter, Umbridge became the new headmaster in Harry’s
school. She made a lot of new strict rule while she was trying to pretend she
is close to each student. I think she is the one we are looking for to be the
nun in Canterbury tales.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
inferno canto 31
Canto 31 By Aria D.
Summary:
Virgil blames Dante but cures him
at the same time. As they moving forward, they find out it is neither day nor
night in the valley. Therefore, Dante can’t see things clear in the forward.He hears some shounds of horn instead.
That sounds are so loud that even louder than thunders. Dante starts to look at
the place where the sounds come from. It seems like there are lots of high
towers in a city in front of them. Dante asks Virgil what city is that. In case
of frightening Dante, Virgil respones him that is not a city; they are actually
the giants and they are in the pit around its rim. After the mist getting
thiner. Dante can see the gaints more clear. He is terrified. "Raphael mai
amech izabi almi," The gaint starts shouting and its voice is scrannel. Virgil
yell and curse at it after he sees it. The giant’s name is Nimrod and it is the
one who makes the world no longer speaks one language. Dante and Virgil keep on
going forward and see another gaint who is wrapped by chains. His name is
Ephialtes and he thought he is strong enough to defeat Jove. Virgil tells Dante
they will see a gaint named Antaeus soon, who speaks and is unbound. The gaint
will lead them to the bottom of the hell. Dante feels terrified when he heard
they would meet more gaints in the bottom of the hell. Dante and Virgil keep on going and meet
Antaeus. He is pretty high. Virgil asks if Antaeus could send them down to
Cocytus. Antaeus agrees but Dante is afraid of touching it. Virgil then hold
Dante’s hand and they go down to the deeper area in the hell.
Sins：
There is not a
particular sin in this canto. However, the sin of giant Ephialtes is that he thinks he can defeat Jove. Most of the giants tried
to defy God or challenge the mythic gods and so they must stay in Hell.
Punishment:
The punishment
of the giants is that they are wrapped by chains in the hell.
Contrapasso:
Since there is
not a particular sin in this canto, there is not a contrapasso either in this
canto.
Character:
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Nimrod
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He is the
first giant Dante and Virgil see.
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Ephialtes
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one of the
giants imprisoned in the circle of Treachery. He believes he can defeat Jove.
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Antaeus
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a
half-giant, the son of Poseidon and Gaia, whose wife was goddess Tinge. He
leads Dante and Virgil to the bottom of the hell
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2 High-order
questions:
1.
Why would Antaeus help Dante and Virgil go
down to the bottom of hell?
2. What’s the purpose of mentioning these
giants?
10
multiple choices:
1. Who is the first giant dante met ?
a. Antaeus
b. Ephialtes
c. Nimrod
2.which level
are they in?
a.7
b.8
c.9
3.how many giants
Dante met in this canto?
A. 2
B.3
C.4
4.which giant
is unbound?
A. Antaeus
b. Ephialtes
c. Nimrod
5.how is
Ephialtes and Nimrod behaved?
a. friendly
b. aggressivity
c.arrogance
6.how does dante feel when he sees the giants?
a. scary
b. happy
c.sad
7. how do
Virgil and Dante go to the next circle?
a. walk
b. swim
c. the help of
Antaeus.
8.what sound
does dante hear when in the beginning of the canto?
a. horn
b. singing
c. piano
9.what does
dante first think the things in the front are?
a.hight towers
b.giants
c. food.
10.what’s the
name of the giant that help dante goes into the ninth circle?
b. Antaeus
b. Ephialtes
c. Nimrod
Resources from:
1.Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org
2.sparknotes
3. DANTE’S
INFERNO
inferno canto 16
Canto 16
By Aria D.
Summary:
Dante and Virgil are in a new
place where he can hear the noise of cataract falling into the next circle.
Then there is three shades shout and come toward them. The three shades are
burn badly by the flames and Virgil tells Dante to be polite to these guys who
said they were from the same city as Dante. However, Dante is annoyed by these
three shades as he thought they were only some random people in the hell. The
three shades wheel and try to talk to them. To Dante’s surprise,
all of the three shades were very famous when they alive. They were Guido
Guerra(the grandson of the good Gualdrada), Tegghiaio Aldobrandi and Iacopo
Rusticucci, who were all brave and smart(they are all famous Guelph nobles and
party leaders from just before Dante's time). After knowing whom the shades are,
Dante changes his attitude and express his sorry for seeing them in the hell.
Then the three shades ask Dante whether courtesy and valor still in their city,
or they are just disappeared. Dante responds them that Florence is replaced by arrogance and excess. The
three shades then leave directly without saying bye to them. Dante and Virgil
then walk forward and see a waterfall. Virgil gird Dante by using a cord and
then Virgil throw the cord into the pit. Dante is confused by what Virgil is
doing. However, to Dante’s surprise, he sees a scary figure comes swimming
upward who is called Geryon. (He is the symbol of the Fraudulent and the
Malicious)
Sins：
In this circle
the sinner is the sodomy， which means people who don’t follow nature
order.
Punishment:
The punishment
of the sodomy is that they are forced to walk under the fiery rain forever.
Contrapasso:
For the
sodomies, they are considered not following the nature rules. In this way,
their punishment is suffering the fire drops form the sky.
Character:
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Guido Guerra
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He is an intelligent
and brave leader of the Guelphs.
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Gualdrada
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He is Guido
Guerra’s grandma, who is used as a model of
womanhood
|
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Tegghiaio
Aldobrandi
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He is famous
a Guelph noble who is a knight as well.
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Jacopo
Rusticucci
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He is a
Florentine knight and respected by a lot of people.
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Geryon
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It is a
monster a monster with human faces.
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2 High-order
questions:
1. Why did Dante feel annoyed when he
first saw the three shades?
2. Does Dante change his attitude to Virgil in
this canto? If yes, what attitude is he right now?
10 multiple choices:
1. who are the 3 shades?
a. Gualdrada,
Guido Guerra
and Tegghiaio
Aldobrandi
b. Jacopo
Rusticucci,Guido Guerra
and Tegghiaio
Aldobrandi
c. Jacopo
Rusticucci, Geryon and virgil.
2.which level
are they in?
a.7
b.8
c.9
3.how many
shades there are talking to Dante?
A. 2
B.3
C.4
4. how were
the shades behaved when they were alive?
A. good
B. bad
C. not good
and not bad
5.how was Florence at the time when the shades
alive?
a. arrogance and excess
b. courtesy and valor
c.arrogance and valor
6.how is Florence now?
a. arrogance and excess
b. courtesy and valor
c.arrogance and valor
7. what do
Virgil and Dante see after they left the three shades?
a. Mountain
b. Waterfall
c. Ocean
8. what does
Virgil grid on Dante?
a. cord
b. snake
c. clothes
9.what appear
after Virgil threw the cord into water?
a.treasure
b.monster
c God
10.what’s the
name of that monster?
a. Geryon
b.Medusa
c. Gualdrada
Resources from:
1. cliffsnotes http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/divine-comedy-inferno/summary-analysis/canto-xvii.html
3. sparknotes
http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/inferno/
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