Canto XXIV (24):
Who is Vanni Fucci?
How does he feel about being recognized by Dante?
Note the arduous nature of this canto. It is real physical labor.
How are the sinners punished here?
Note the reference to the myth of the Phoenix of Arabia. Know about the myth as referenced in the footnotes.
Which sin is punished in this canto?
Vanni Fucci reveals something to Dante at the end. What is his motivation for revealing this knowledge?
CANTO XXVI (26)--Bolgia Eight--the Evil Counselors
Besides giving bad advice, what makes theirs in so grievous?
How are the sinners punished? Why?
Glib: adj. easy and confident in speech, with little thought or sincerity.
Know about Ulysses and Diomede and their sins. They are also guilty of wanderlust.
Know how they are punished.
Know about Dante's fictionalized account of Odysseus' end.
There is also a little racism.
Odysseus or Ulysses is also guilty of adultery. With whom?
Canto XXXII (32)
Circle Nine: Cocytus--Compound Fraud
Round one: Caina (Treacherous to Kin)
Round Two: Antenora--the Treacherous to Country
You are responsible for all these names.
How are the sinners punished?
What is the name of the character that Dante kicks?
Pay attention to how Dante and this guy get into a fight.
Why does the guy not want to tell Dante his name?
Canto XXXIII (33)
Know the sins here.
Who is Count Ugolino?
Who is Archbishop Ruggieri?
Where are they located in the scheme of things?
What is one sinner doing to the other?
Which one died by starvation? How did that come about? Who died with him?
Who was Ptolomaeus of Maccabees? Of what crime was he guilty?
Who is Friar Alberigo?
Who is Branca D'Oria?
How are these two punished?
What is their sin?
Dante notices a cold breeze. What is the cause of that breeze?
What is very different about the sinners that reside here? It is something that makes it stand apart from every other canto.
Canto XXXIV (34)
Know the sin here. Know the name of the place.
Know about Satan. Know what he looks like. Know who he consumes.
Know how the sinners in the outer rims are punished.
Know how Dante and Virgil get out of the Inferno.
Who is Vanni Fucci?
How does he feel about being recognized by Dante?
Note the arduous nature of this canto. It is real physical labor.
How are the sinners punished here?
Note the reference to the myth of the Phoenix of Arabia. Know about the myth as referenced in the footnotes.
Which sin is punished in this canto?
Vanni Fucci reveals something to Dante at the end. What is his motivation for revealing this knowledge?
CANTO XXVI (26)--Bolgia Eight--the Evil Counselors
Besides giving bad advice, what makes theirs in so grievous?
How are the sinners punished? Why?
Glib: adj. easy and confident in speech, with little thought or sincerity.
Know about Ulysses and Diomede and their sins. They are also guilty of wanderlust.
Know how they are punished.
Know about Dante's fictionalized account of Odysseus' end.
There is also a little racism.
Odysseus or Ulysses is also guilty of adultery. With whom?
Canto XXXII (32)
Circle Nine: Cocytus--Compound Fraud
Round one: Caina (Treacherous to Kin)
Round Two: Antenora--the Treacherous to Country
You are responsible for all these names.
How are the sinners punished?
What is the name of the character that Dante kicks?
Pay attention to how Dante and this guy get into a fight.
Why does the guy not want to tell Dante his name?
Canto XXXIII (33)
Know the sins here.
Who is Count Ugolino?
Who is Archbishop Ruggieri?
Where are they located in the scheme of things?
What is one sinner doing to the other?
Which one died by starvation? How did that come about? Who died with him?
Who was Ptolomaeus of Maccabees? Of what crime was he guilty?
Who is Friar Alberigo?
Who is Branca D'Oria?
How are these two punished?
What is their sin?
Dante notices a cold breeze. What is the cause of that breeze?
What is very different about the sinners that reside here? It is something that makes it stand apart from every other canto.
Canto XXXIV (34)
Know the sin here. Know the name of the place.
Know about Satan. Know what he looks like. Know who he consumes.
Know how the sinners in the outer rims are punished.
Know how Dante and Virgil get out of the Inferno.
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