ITA332H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Guinevere, Da Polenta Family, Semiramis
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Contrappasso: law by which the souls are punished in hell & purgatory. The punishment is always connected to the sin. Virgil points out some sinners, such as semiramis, who was accused of having sexual relations with her own son. Paolo and francesca (they are part of the group of dido) Cleopatra: political love (she loved both caesar and antony) The subject of the canto is love passion. Dante has already distinguished himself from them by saying that beatrice has alienated. These sinners have different views on love (e. g. , incest) Dante asks two people in hell what kind of love sent them to hell him from the others he does not lust after her thus he is not committing a sin (e. g. , lust) )n dante"s concept of (ell, the kind of sin you commit was what you will be for eternity. Verse (cid:890)(cid:884), (cid:498)even as doves when summoned by desire(cid:499) We know they come from the group headed by dido.
