ENGLISH 1C06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ugolino Della Gherardesca, Simile, Ice Ii
29 Oct 2017
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Cana- in 9th circle for traders to family. Antenora- in 9th circle for traders to country: count ugolino, feasting on a grim repast , repast= food, are the brains of archbishop ruggieri. Epic simile > mastiff dog gnawing on a bone: contropasso, ruggieri starve ugolino so now ruggieri is ugolino"s food, the never though of speaking if it tears my heart in two. Then ugolino says i did not weep: i had turned to starve inside . Medieval literature: he is hypocritical, the horror of the starting is then juxtaposed to the son"s sacrifice. The sons are a christ figure: the sons offer themselves as food to him, the sons ask him how he is, doesn"t answer. Ptolomea- in 9th circle for traders of guest/ host relationship: friar alberigo, is completely encased in ice besides his face, is not even allowed to cry because his tears crystallize in his eye sockets.
