1. Journal Write
If you had to explain to someone how Dante’s version of hell is structured, how would you explain it? You are explaining it to someone who has never read The Inferno.
Some things that can help you:
What does it look like?
How many circles are there?
How does each circle work?
How are sinners sentenced in hell?
Who ferries the souls across the river?

2. Summary of Cantos
In your journals, work in your table groups to come up with a summary for the following:
Canto 1
Canto 3
Canto 5
Canto 34
DO NOT divide and conquer. It is better to go through each Canto together to summarize.

3. Major Characters
Quiz your neighbor on what they know about the following characters:
Dante
Minos
Dis
Francesca & Paolo
Charon
Virgil
The lion, the leopard, & the she-wolf
Judas, Brutus, & Cassius
Helen of Troy, Achilles, Cleopatra

4. Sins Vocab
Turn to the page in your journal where you wrote your sins vocabulary.
Find a partner and quiz them on the terms.
Don’t forget about other key terms, such as:
Anti-hero
Allegory
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion

5. Things To Study! Sins vocab + lit devices from journal notes
9 Circles of Hell & the sins that put you there
Know punishments for the Vestibule, Limbo, Lust, Betrayal
Major plot points for Canto 1, 3, 5 & 34
Key Characters: Dante, Virgil, Minos, Charon, Dis, Paolo, Francesca
Symbols- Lion, leopard, she-wolf
Key allusions- Judas, Brutus, Cassius, Helen of Troy, Achilles, Cleopatra
Dante as an Anti-Hero
The Inferno as an allegory
The dark woods as a symbol for Dante’s state of mind