1. Cantos I-II
Three Beasts, William Blake
Dark Wood, Gustave Doré

2. Dante and Virgil at the Gate of Hell, William Blake
Miscellany from Foreword
St. Augustine
City of God/City of Man
To ascend, you must descend
Pilgrim and guide vs. souls in Hell
Autocitations
HomerVirgilDante
Geryon/flight/confession
“harnessing evil to advance the soul’s progress”
Dante believes antiquity precedes Christianity
Virgil’s Fourth Eclogue
Dante and Virgil at the Gate of Hell, William Blake

3. Virgil’s Aeneid Story of Aeneas, Anchises’ son, after the Fall of Troy
Relates his story to Dido, queen of Carthage after being blown off course from Italy, where he is destined to found Rome
Trojan horse, Trojan defeat
Dido falls in love with Aeneas, they live together for awhile until gods remind him of his purpose—founding a new city
Dido commits suicide with his sword as he leaves
Once in Italy, Aeneas descends to underworld (guided by Sybil) to visit his father
Father shows him the future of the city
Various quarrels and attacks between Trojans and King Latinus’s people (Latin)
King Latinus hopes Aeneas is the prophesied suitor for his daughter Lavinia, but Queen prefersTurnus
Aeneas, at the end of the epic, kills Turnus.
Dante and Holy Roman Emperor

4. Layers Literal Allegorical (Religious, Political, Philosophical)
Autobiographical

5. Of note Poet and pilgrim—how are they characterized Verisimilitude?
Similes!

6. Canto III Gates of Hell, Rodin, Video
Souls gather at the river of Acheron, Gustave Dore
Gates of Hell, Rodin, Video

7. Of note Gates of hell: Anaphora, City of Man, presence of trinity
Sinners present? How is location fitting?
Contrapasso?
Acheron/Charon: Dante’s prophecy
Epic simile at shore, line 93
Poet recalls at line
Dante the writer’s opinion of these people?
Cliffhanger ending

8. Canto IV-Limbo Dante, Divine Comedy, in Italian
North Italy, Genoa(?); 14th cent., third quarter

9. Plate XII: Canto IV: Dante is accepted as an equal by the great Greek and Roman poets, Gustave Dore, 1857

10. Of note Dark vs. light Harrowing of Hell Enumeration/Encyclopedia
Act of hubris?

11. Canto V DPinaisv Paolo and Francesca, Previati (1901)
Rodin’s The Kiss, originally titled Francesca de Rimini

12. Gianciotto découvre Paolo et Francesca, Jean August Dominique Ingres, 1819
Second Circle
Minos
Sinners/Contrapasso?
Imagery
Danger of art
Plate XIII: Canto V: Minos judges the sinners, Gustave Dore, 1857

13. Journal Characterize your journey thus far using an epic simile:
As…..(thing that is like reading Dante)…..so goes my journey through Dante’s hell.
Write down two questions you have.

14. Canto VI
Cerberus, William Blake

15. Image from Dante’s Inferno video game, 2010, EA

16. Of Note Sinners/Contrapasso? Issue of city and politics and bodies
Minds/bodies and politics/bodies
Ciacco (hog)
Dante’s gluttony? Lines 56, 71-75, 94

17. Canto VII
The Avaricious and Prodigal, Dali

18. Of Note Plutus Sinners/Contrapasso Names? Fortune River Styx
Garbled language

19. Canto VIII

21. Of note: Filippo Argenti Audience addressed: 89
Reassurance of purpose:

22. Canto IX
City of Dis, Michael Mazur
Furies, Salvador Dali

23. Of Note: Virgil’s pause Lesson: line 54 Sinners and punishment?
Turning right

24. Canto X Farinata addresses Virgil and Dante, Gustave Dore
Farinata degli Uberti, Andrea del Castagno

25. Of note
Farinata
Heretics/Epicureans
Past, present, and future

26. Canto XXXI
Pine Cone of St. Peter
Giants, Gustave Dore

27. Of Note:
Giants!
Stand on the floor of circle 9--or perhaps on a ledge above the bottom of hell--the upper halves of their huge bodies tower over the inner edge of circle 8.
According to the biblical account, people in the region ruled by Nimrod--Babylon and other cities in the land of Sennaar--plan to build a tower that will reach to heaven. God shows his displeasure by scattering the people and destroying the unity of their language so they will no longer understand one another's speech (Genesis 11:1-9). 
Physical consequence of pride:
Pine Cone of St. Peter
Pigna, IX rione
 currently at upper end of Bramante's Cortile del Belvedere, which is now usually called the Cortile della Pigna, linking the Vatican and the Palazzo del Belvedere.
“Apron” = apron Adam and Eve made from fig leaves to cover themselves

28. Canto XXXII
Dante speaks to those in the ice, Gustave Dore

29. Of note: Caina/Antenora Tone at beginning? 2nd Address to muses
Setting of Treacherous Fraud
Sinners/sin/contrapasso?

30. Canto XXXIII
Ugolino and his sons, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, 1862

31. Of note: Ugolino and his story Read note Move to Ptolomea lines 87-89
Fra Alberigo—sin/punishment/contrapasso?
Dante’s reaction

32. Canto XXXIV Judecca Lines 25-30- tone and purpose? Appearance of devil
Sinners/sin/contrapasso?
Dante’s view of Roman Empire
Location/confusion

33. XXXIV