Canto 1

Monday,
October 27, 2008

10:31 AM

Explain
why Mt. Joy is easy to climb.

What
do the lion, leopard, and she wolf represent?

Dante divides hell
into three sections, one for each kind of sin: incontinece (lust, sloth, and
gluttony), violence (wrath, greed, and envy), and fraud (treason, and
ultimately pride). Which animal is incontinece? Violence? Fraud?

Medieval
minds were obsessed with animals and animal symbolism

"wise as an owl"

How
can poetry save you from the dark wood of error?

Why
do you have to travel through hell to get to safety?

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"Our"
life's journey

Inviting
the reader in

Wakes up - sleeping
metaphor

Losing
way

How
did I get here?

Telling the story
from the past

We
know he made it out

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Canto 1

Monday,
October 27, 2008

10:31 AM

Explain
why Mt. Joy is easy to climb.

What
do the lion, leopard, and she wolf represent?

Dante divides hell
into three sections, one for each kind of sin: incontinece (lust, sloth, and
gluttony), violence (wrath, greed, and envy), and fraud (treason, and
ultimately pride). Which animal is incontinece? Violence? Fraud?

Medieval
minds were obsessed with animals and animal symbolism

"wise as an owl"

How
can poetry save you from the dark wood of error?

Why
do you have to travel through hell to get to safety?

Pasted
from <http://mrmullen.pbwiki.com/Inferno-Canto-1>

"Our"
life's journey

Inviting
the reader in

Wakes up - sleeping
metaphor

Losing
way

How
did I get here?

Telling the story
from the past

We
know he made it out