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
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