ENG150Y1 Lecture Notes - Jacques Le Goff, Two Suns, Ugolino Della Gherardesca
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Dante, inferno lec 4: contrary to common belief depths of hell portrayed in the inferno is ice. Dante is equally humane the sinners he encounters are depicted as a warning to his fellow kin. Sins are not explicitly discussed by sinners not shown by how others judge them, but how they judge themselves; this then infers how they are judged by. Inferno u shifts the blame on another which serves to condemn them more and demonstrates their resistance towards their own moral guilt/responsibility. Dante comes across 2 sinners one devouring the head of another (ugolino) Shares a secret, describing his perilous end to life (a secret) to draw dante"s pity and lift blame off his shoulders and onto his personal enemy story focuses on story of ugolino"s children their tragic deaths. But if my words shall be the seeds that bear infamous fruit to the traitor i am gnawing, Then you will see me speak and weep together.
