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    The document provides an overview of Dante Alighieri and his epic poem The Divine Comedy. It describes the Middle Ages period in which Dante lived and the struggles he faced that led to his exile from Florence. It then summarizes the structure and plot of The Divine Comedy, which takes the reader on a journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, with Dante guided by Virgil and later Beatrice. The poem uses these realms and encounters with souls to convey theological, ethical and philosophical lessons.

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    By Dante Alighieri

    The Middle Ages


     time between the fall of the
    Western Roman Empire and the
    beginning of the Early Modern
    Period
     divided
    limited artistic into: Dark,
    rapidly High and
    centuries of
    and cultural increasing European
    Late Middle Ages
    output, including population  prosperity and
    historical brought about growth came to
    records, when great political a halt
    compared with and social
    later times change

    476 - 100 1000 - 1300 1300 - 1500


    Crisis of the Middle Ages
     Great Famine
     Black Death
     social unrest and endemic
    warfare
     Peasants' Revolt
     Hundred Years' War
     the Great Schism of the
    Catholic Church
    Progress in the Middle
    Ages
     within the arts and sciences
     renewed interest in ancient
    Greek and Roman texts led to
    what has later been termed the
    Italian Renaissance
     the invention of printing
     era of discovery began
     produced writers: Dante
    Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio,
    Francesco Petrarch, & Geoffrey
    Dante Alighieri
     an Italian poet from
    Florence
     known as "the
    Supreme Poet"
     "Father of the Italian
    language“
     born to a noble
    Florentine family
     embroiled in a
    struggle between
    Dante Alighieri
     put on trial when forces loyal to
    the pope seized power
     did not appear and was
    banished for two years and
    given a 5,000 florin fine
     was condemned to death by
    burning
     forced into exile and spent the
    last 20 years of his life
    wandering through Italy
    Dante Alighieri

    Onorate
    l'altissimo
    poeta

    “Honour the
    most
    exalted
    poet.”
    The Divine Comedy
     considered as the
    central epic poem of
    Italian literature
     composed of three
    canticas: Inferno
    (Hell), Purgatorio
    (Purgatory), and
    Paradiso (Paradise)
    —
     canticas: composed
    each of 33 cantos
    Setting

    Inferno Purgatorio Paradiso


    Principal Characters

    Dante Virgil Beatrice


    Midway upon
    Plot the
    journey of
    our life
    I found myself
    within a
    forest
    dark,
    For the
    straight-
    forward
    pathway
    Plot
     Dante sets out on the night
    before Good Friday, and finds
    himself in the middle of a dark
    wood.
     He sees a sunlit hill but
    is unable to climb it as
    he encounters three
    beasts.
     Beatrice, along with the
    Virgin Mary, sends
    Virgil to guide him to salvation.
    Plot
    The Nine Circles of Hell
     Each circle represents further
    and further evil
     It culminates in the center of
    the earth, where Satan is held.
     Each circle's sin is punished in a
    fashion fitting their crime.
     Sinners are afflicted by the
    chief sin they committed for all
    of eternity.
     They descend through hell and
    Plot

    All hope abandon,


    ye who enter here.
    Plot
     Satan is
    impotent,
    ignorant, and
    evil – the exact
    opposite of
    God.
     The two poets
    climb down
    Lucifer, passing
    through the
    center of the
    Plot
    Terraces of Purgatory
     It is located exactly opposite
    Jerusalem in the globe.
     As the pilgrims entered
    Purgatory, an angel inscribed
    the letter “P” on Dante’s
    forehead seven times.
     The letters were erased one by
    one as he made his way through
    the seven areas.
    Plot
    Terraces of Purgatory
     It was composed of terraces
    where inhabitants could move
    on to higher realms after a time
    of purification.
     Each terrace was designed to
    purge its dead souls of one
    particular deadly sin.
     After the seventh terrace, an
    angel directed Dante and Virgil
    Plot
     Virgilbid Dante farewell, for this
    was as far as human reason
    would allow a non-Christian to
    go.
     Dante noticed a beautiful
    garden where he was informed
    that across the river beside it,
    Beatrice waited.
     He expressed remorse for his
    sins and confessed them.
    Plot
    Nine Spheres of Heaven
     These are concentric and
    spherical, similar to Aristotelian
    and Ptolemaic cosmology.
     Souls are allotted to the point of
    heaven that fits with their
    human ability to love God.
     Thus, there is a heavenly
    hierarchy. All parts of heaven
    are accessible to the heavenly
    soul.
     That is to say all experience God
    Plot
    Nine Spheres of Heaven
     One’s level is determined by
    how much one allows oneself to
    experience God above other
    things.
    Plot
     From the ninth sphere, Dante
    ascends to a region beyond
    physical existence where the
    souls of all the believers form
    the petals of an enormous rose.
     Beatrice leaves Dante with Saint
    Bernard, because theology has
    here reached its limits.
     Saint Bernard prays to Mary on
    behalf of Dante. Finally, Dante
    comes face-to-face with God
    Himself, and is granted
    understanding of the Divine and
    Plot
     In union with the Divine, Dante
    was left to behold the glory of
    God on his throne.
     God appears as three equally
    large circles within each other
    representing the Father, the Son
    and the Holy Spirit with the
    essence of each part of God,
    separate yet one.
    Plot
    O how scant
    is speech
    And how
    feeble
    To my
    conception
    Plot
     Dante's soul, through God's
    absolute love, experiences a
    unification with itself and all
    things:
    "but already my
    desire and my will
    were being turned
    like a wheel, all at
    one speed by the
    Love that turns
    the sun and all the
    other stars.”
    Themes
    Sites of Interest
     http://www.divinecomedy.org/
     http://web.eku.edu/flash/inferno/
     http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/paradis
     http://www.worldofdante.org/
     http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/in
    dex.html

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