Dante's Inferno Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Dante's Inferno Questions and Answers 100% Pass How is Minos described Grinning, Grotesque, and hale What is Minos function? He is judge of the lost souls What does Minos decide and how? He decides which place in hell you deserve. He chooses by wrapping his tail around himself and the number of times is the number of the circle you go down to. What does Dante want to know when in Hell? Why souls have been sent there? Who are the people that are whopping by Dante's head? Cleopatra, Paris, Tristan, Helen, Achilles Why does including historical figures add to the sense of reality in the poem? People reading can actually believe in it because it's real to them How does Dante's character feel about Francesca and Paolo's situation? Dante feels sorry for them. "Pity and tears" What does Dante ask Francesca? How did she get to hell What is Francesca's reply to Dante's question? Happy pain remembering how they got together Why does Dante faint? Too much anguish listening to stories by Francesca and Paolo. Too emotionally overbearing. What punishment do the lustful suffer? They get forever caught in windstorms How does the lustful's punishment match their sins? They get carried away just like they did on Earth. What does Dante say the sinners relinquished in favor of appetite? Reason for Love What emotions does Dante experience in sight of the carnal sinners? Pity and confusion Another word for lustful sinners Carnal sinners Why does Dante experience two emotions when seeing the carnal sinners? Confused by why they're in Hell and how love has to do with them being there. Where does Canto V take place? The Second Circle of Hell, for the lustful Where does Canto XXXIV take place? The Ninth Circle of Hell, for the Treacherous and betrayers Why does the wind in 9TH Circle of Hell feel worse than the one in the 2ND circle? The wind in the 9th circle is wild, bitter, and cold What is the punishment for the sinners in the 9th circle of Hell? Fall into the ice, lay there in whichever awkward position they landed for eternity What is the source of the icy wind of Cocytus? Satan's batting wings What is an allusion? A reference within a literary work to something outside the work Who were the Titans? Giant deities who were overthrown by Zeus and the Olympian gods of Greece Why is the allusion to the Titans an appropriate detail in Satan's characterization? Satan is large and fearsome creatures just like the Titans In what substance are the souls of the damned trapped? In ice Describe Satan? Had three heads (red, bile colored, black) 6 Bat Wings Naked 6 eyes crying Who are the three figures in Satan's mouth? Cassius, Brutus, Judas Who suffers the most and why? Judas suffers the worst and is placed head first into Satan's mouth being skinned. How do Cassius and Brutus suffer and why? They are placed feet first in to Satan's mouth slowly being skinned, because they killed Julius Caesar How does the punishment for these sinners fir the law of Dante's Hell? They lay in ice just like there's ice in their veins and hearts How do Virgil and Dante escape Hell? They climb up Satan's legs How do Dante's emotions change by the end of Hell? The sins have gotten worse and have become harder to sympathize for Why does Dante express losing his sympathy at the end of Hell? Politics around him during his life were corrupt What is Contrapasso? To suffer the opposite What is Characterization? The art of revealing the character Name two Types of Characterization? Direct-writer tells reader what character is like Indirect- writer suggests character by showing what he/she does and what others say about him/her What does Minos warn Dante and Virgil? To be careful whom they trust What does Francesca blame for having an affair with Paolo? The book portraying the love affair of Lancelot and Guinivere Where does Francesca say Gianciotto is sent? Caina, the realm of familial betrayal named after Cain who killed his brother Abel The Fourth Ring of the 9th Circle of Hell is also known as? Judecca named after Judas Iscariot After climbing out of Hell where does Dante land? Right under Jerusalem where Jesus died Satan is also known as? Lucifer, Dis What form of punishment is used in Hell? Divine or Symbolic Retribution