Omnibus 2 Dante's The Inferno Questions And Answers Already Passed

Omnibus 2 Dante's The Inferno Questions And Answers Already Passed Why is the dark wood a good image for sin or error? woods may represent the wild and untamed soul. Why is the mountain a good image for the road of repentance and the way to God ? Mountains are high places that are difficult to climb, but always greatly rewarding at the top. What is the leopard an image for? lust and youth. What is the lion an image for? pride and manhood. What is the wolf an image for? avarice and age. What main divisions of Hell do the three beasts align with? incontinence, violence, and fraud. What does Dante say the greyhound will be? A savior to Italy. Based on the greyhound "slaying" envy, avoiding gold, and not devouring the land, what type of savior might the greyhound be? A political savior. In Canto I, lines 16-18, Dante writes: "Then I looked up, and saw the morning rays Mantel its shoulder from that planet bright Which guides men's fight aright on all their ways;" What do these lines allude to? Christ and heaven. How do the lines above allude to Christ and Heaven? the image reminds us of the sun, which daily "redeems" with it's life-giving energy as Christ The King redeems the Earth. According to the inscription on the gate of Hell, why did God make Hell? Justice moved God to make hell What do these words from the inscription on the gate of Hell mean?"Nothing ere I was made was made to be Save things eternal, and I eternal abide;Lay down all hope, you that go in by me." The making of hell marks the first moment when some creatures ceased to be eternal. Hell will now eternally exist as a place for those who are dead in sin. There is no hope where there is no life. What does Dante fear after he reads the inscription on the gate? Dante fears that he will not be able to handle the terrors ahead. Why do the damned in the Vestibule desire to cross the Acheron? Dante implies that the damned lose their fear of hell and actually desire it. What does Dante write of the Vestibule? The shrieking tongue and horrid noise match the futility of indecision. What is Dante's initial impression of Limbo? It is quieter in Limbo- the souls are not tortured, but they are missing heaven. According to Virgil, why are the noble pagans in Limbo? They are unbaptized or living before the time of Christ and didn't follow God Think about the story of Adam's sin of eating the forbidden fruit. According to this important biblical episode, what is the essence of sin (Gen. 3)? Adam's sin was rebellion against the word of God In light of these verses, what does the Bible say about sin and death? How are sin and death related?". . . but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the daythat you eat of it you shall surely die." (Gen. 2:17)"And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins." (Eph. 2:1) Sin brings death. According to Romans 9:22-24, how does even sin bring God glory?"What if God, wanting to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, butalso of the Gentiles?" Sin brings God glory because he displays His wrath and power over the unrighteous and His mercy on those He loves. What are the three beasts in Canto I, and what do they represent? The leopard represents the sins of youth the lion represents the sins of manhood the she-wolf represents the malicious sins of age. Dante doubts his worth to journey on this "great enterprise," and he specifically says he is "not Aeneas . . . not Paul." What does Virgil tell Dante that motivates him to press on? Virgil tells Dante that He was summoned by Beatrice, Who was summoned by Lucy, Who was summoned by Mary. The story of these three ladies intervening on behalf of Dante restores his courage. Who are in the Vestibule? those who never chose to follow God or those who chose to hate Him What is the river that Dante and Virgil cross over from the Vestibule to Limbo? Who is the ferryman? The river is Acheron and Cheron is the Ferryman. Which fellow Italian(s) does Dante speak to in the second circle of lust? What is their story? Paolo and Francesca: they were murdered for pursuing a forbidden love with eachother. What sinners are in the Third Circle? The Gluttonous Why are the spendthrifts and hoarders faceless in the Fourth Circle? They are faceless to match their minds which are unable to distinguish between things that are valuable or not. How does Dante react to Filippo Argenti's attack while crossing the river Styx in Phlegyas's boat? How does Virgil react to Dante's reaction? Dante is thoroughly enraged, and he rails against Filippo. Virgil kisses Dante and blesses him for his righteous anger. Why can the Heavenly messenger easily open the gates to the City of Dis when Virgil cannot? Virgil represents human wisdom, philosophy, and poetry. He is powerful, but his powers are limited in the face of anger's resistance. At the command of heaven, there cannot be resistance. According to Farinata, what can the damned in Hell know about events on Earth? Those in hell can dimly see glimmers of the future, but nothing in the present. How does the image of the Minotaur and centaurs help us understand violence? Mixing the human form with beasts is an image of what violence does to us. How does Dante define or explain the sins of those boiling in the River of Blood? those souls were violent against their fellow men for the sake of spoil. In Canto XIII, Dante talks to the withered tree, Pier delle Vigne, which tells him why he is punished as a tree. What does Dante learn about the sin of suicide from Pier? suicide is violence against self and it distorts the image of God. In the desert of burning sand where fire falls from above, Dante sees blasphemers, sodomites, and usurers. What do these sins have in common that makes them sins of violence? These three sins are all motivated by passion moving against the order of God's creation. What does Scripture teach about violence (Gen. 4)? Scripture doesn't rely heavily on the term violence, but it does explicitly command against acting by passion and rage. In 1 Timothy 3:1-7, Paul presents the qualifications for an overseer, or elder. What does this passage say about violence? This passage puts violence in the context of qualities that require submission to God and death in Christ so that He will rule over sinful man. Who does Dante see that he knows in the burning sands? His old teacher, Brunetto Latini Why do the three homosexuals (the three warriors) rush to talk to Dante? They notice he is Florentine and ask of the affairs of Florence. What does Geryon represent? fraud How does Dante react to the usurers? He foes not linger with them Look back to what Dante says of fraud in Canto XI. What is fraud? Fraud is a breach of trust against the confiding. Venedico prostituted his sister. How is this fraud? Venedico was pretending to satisfy the passions of the Marchese. Why is Jason in the pit of fraud? Jason seduced, fled, and is skilled in the art of deception. What can we learn about deception from panderers and seducers? They promise what they can never give, earning a living by preying on the weaknesses and sins of others What is Allessio Interminei the image of? Flattery Dante assigns flattery to the first bowge. How is flattery deception? Flattery distorts reality regardless of the pleasant and sweet words. How can we deduce from Dante that simony is a worse form of fraud than flattery or pandering and seducing? Deceiving fellow man through the ministries of the church is a heightened form of the twisted intellect that disgraces God's special grace. Biblically, how is all sin connected to deception (consider Gen. 3:13)? The serpent deceived Eve in the first sin, so all sin is connected to deception. How does the serpent's deception in Genesis 3 distort the image of God and of man? "Then the serpent said to the woman, 'You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.'" (Gen. 3:4-5) The serpent lied and said that man would not die. He also said man would be like God, knowing good and evil. It's a distortion because man was already like God, in the sense that we bore the image of God. How does Dante's view of pandering and seduction, flattery and simony fit with Ephesians 5:6? "Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience." Paul commands the Ephesians to be pure and not deceived with empty words that promise things that cannot be fulfilled. What are the three main divisions of Hell according to Dante's classification of sin? incontinence, violence, and fraud. What are the nine circles in Dante's Hell? Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Hoarders/Spendthrifts, Wrath, Heresy, Violence, Simple Fraud and Complex Fraud. What river must Dante and Virgil cross to reach the Seventh Circle of Hell? Who carries Dante across? Phlegethon; Nessus What is the punishment for those who are violent against self, violent against God, and violent against others? Violence against self- eternity as withered trees. Violent against God- lie on burning sand under a torrent of fire, Violent against others- lie in a river of boiling blood. Who carries Dante and Virgil down the Great Barrier? How is he summoned? Geryon, who is summoned by Dante's cord, which Virgil drops over the edge of the great barrier. Which sinners are assigned to the first five bowges of the Eighth Circle, in respective order? Panderers and Seducers, Flatterers, Simoniacs, Sorcerers and Barrators Why are the simoniacs head-down in the many holes aligning their bowge? They reversed the intended purposes of the church thus they are reversed. Why does Virgil rebuke Dante for weeping at the sight of the sorcerers? Virgil reminds him that pity does not belong in this part of hell. God has wrought these things and Dante must align himself with God's will. In the bowge of the barrators, the demon Belzecue tells Dante and Virgil how the bridges over the bowges were made. How were they made? They were made by the Earthquake when Christ shattered hell. How does the Navarrese barrator beat the demons in "sport?" He deceives them by claiming that he will lure the other barrators out if they turn their backs; he instead returns to the boiling pitch.