Virgil Guides d'étude, Notes de cours & Résumés

This is a breakdown of Virgil's Aeneid line-by-line and broken up into categories until book nine. Books 10, 11, and 12 are not covered.

Canto 10 SUMMARY- Sixth Circle: The Heretics (Epicureans): They are placed into open tombs. The main characters are: Farinata degli Uberti and Cavalcante dei Cavalcanti. THEMES: 1) Farinata's prediction of Dante's difficulty in returning to Florence from exile, 2) Cavalcante's misunderstanding of Dante's remark on his son, the poet Guido. 3) The inability of the damned to see the present, although they can foresee the future. CHARACTERS- Dante Alighieri, Virgil, Cavalcante de' Cavalc...

Who are the two people Dante mentions going through Hell before him? Aeneas and Paul What is the name of the woman who sent Virgil on his mission to be Dante's guide? Beatrice Who were the three blessed women who rescue Dante in canto II? Mary, Lucia, Beatrice The phrase over the gate of Hell warned people to "Abandon all ________" Hope In the vestibule of Hell the sinners run naked being chased by what? Wasps and hornets Who are the sinners in the vest...

Dante's Inferno (Cantos I-XV) Questions and Answers Graded A+ Who wrote The Divine Comedy? Dante Alighieri During what half of which century was it written? during the first half of the fourteenth century In what country did the author live? italy Where does Dante find himself in Canto I, and what does this place symbolize? The Dark Wood of Error; worldliness and sin What is incontinence? not restrained, uncontrolled excretory function Why can't Dante get to the divine light? The lion, th...

Where was Dante born and when? He was born in Florence, Italy on 1265 What is the book about? an epic poem that tells about dante's imaginative journey through the afterlife Whos is dante's guide through hell? Virgil Where is part 1 and part 2? Part 1 is the inferno, part 2 is the purgatory what does Virgil and Beatrice personify? virgil personifies human reason and she personifies divine love How long does the journey take, begin and end? how old was da...

Who was the girl that Dante met only twice, but had a huge impact on his life? Beatrice What is the term for: a very formal, secret, unrequited and highly respectful form of admiration for another person. Courtly love Which town was Dante born and raised in? Florence Why was Dante exiled from his hometown? His politcal party fell out of power The Divine Comedy is a long poem that contains three books, which are called: Purgatorio Inferno Paradisio Dante ...

Dante Guido Cavalcanti Florentine poet, Dante's best friend Cangrande della Scala Ruler of Verona who hosted Dante "Midway along the road of our life" Dante; uses "our" to include the reader; uses "midway" because he wrote this halfway through his life in 1300s 1.22-27- water simile simile of being exhausted from sea to his relief of being back the bottom of the hill Leapord speckled skin; represented envy/desire/concupiscence Lion represent...

Provides an In depth, detailed summary of Books 1-11 of the Aeneid utilising quotes to grant you a full understanding of the Aeneid and its stylistic tendencies without having read it. Provides analysis on certain key themes aswell.

This document provides scholars for every theme and all major characters in the Aeneid - as laid out by the OCR exam board. It breaks each theme down and gives around 3-5 scholars for each theme, in order to remember easily. It gives both the direct quote for the scholar and a general summary of their 'point' including examples of where this is found in the text. Some examples are not included, as this is a good exercise to go through in order to more easily memorise the quotes. As well as thi...

Who wrote The Divine Comedy? - Dante Alighieri During what half of which century was it written? - during the first half of the fourteenth century In what country did the author live? - italy Where does Dante find himself in Canto I, and what does this place symbolize? - The Dark Wood of Error; worldliness and sin What is incontinence? - not restrained, uncontrolled excretory function Why can't Dante get to the divine light? - The lion, the leopard, and the she-wolf (or she-woof, if you ...