HUI 235 Study Guide - Final Guide: Tonality, Brunetto Latini, Coin Counterfeiting

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Italian Literature and Culture Courses in English
• Course: HUI 235
• Professor: Peter Caravetta

Document Summary

Dark forest is an allegory for spiritual death. Journey = allegory from sin to grace. Leopard (later seen in circles 2 - 5) and lion (later seen in circle 7) Dante believes he can overcome these with his own willpower. She wolf: never satisfied worst of the beasts; dante knows he cannot overcome without help (later seen in circles 8 & 9) Appearance of virgil; removes dante from confused state of mind. Symbolizing hope, human reason, and rational mind. Dante is urged to complete the journey by virgin mary, st. lucia and. Virgin mary (feelings), st. lucia (vision), beatrice (action) Dante doubts himself as only aenas and st. paul have completed the trip. Aenas: built rome aka the center of christianity. St. paul: revealed the moral structure of christian church. Note: lines where dante addresses the muses aligns the work w/ epic poetry. Appearance of the neutrals just outside of hell (unworthy of entering)