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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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