The Divine Comedy By Dante Alighieri. Dante called it “The Comedy of Dante Alighieri, a Florentine by birth but not in character.”

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The Divine Comedy By Dante Alighieri

Dante called it “The Comedy of Dante Alighieri, a Florentine by birth but not in character.”

The Divine Comedy A poetic composition between nobility of tragedy and the popular elegy Does end happily a poem that mourns the death of a person or laments something lost

Vocabulary cantos:

Vocabulary cantos: divisions in a long poem

Vocabulary cantos: divisions in a long poem vernacular:

Vocabulary cantos: divisions in a long poem vernacular: the everyday speech of the people

Vocabulary cantos: divisions in a long poem vernacular: the everyday speech of the people allegory:

Vocabulary cantos: divisions in a long poem vernacular: the everyday speech of the people allegory: a moralistic story that incorporates many symbols

Vocabulary symbol

Vocabulary symbol: person, place, thing, or event that represents something beyond itself. Example: The dove is usually used as a symbol of peace. Try brainstorming your own list of symbols.

Background Written between

Background One of the most important epic poems

Background Divine is attached centuries later-- feelings about Italy’s greatest masterpiece

Background Christian allegory

The Divine Comedy was enormously popular when it was first published. Reasons include: Composed in the vernacular Topical references

The 100 Cantos are divided into three equal sections (Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso) InfernoPurgatorioParadiso

The Poem recounts the journey that Dante takes through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise The journey begins on Good Friday, 1300 and takes three days, ending on Easter Sunday

Beatrice, a woman Dante loved, guides him through Paradise Virgil, the Roman poet, guides him through Hell and Purgatory

Dante is not a theologian but a storyteller. He places sinners according to the sin that their respective stories most embody.