Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Michel De Montaigne, Guinevere, Bubonic Plague
4 Mar 2016
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December 9, 2015: dante the author: involved in politics, born in 14th century, wrote the comedy (which bocaccio later called the divine comedy), has more knowledge, agrees with. God"s ways (different than dante the pilgrim), exiled from his city: dante the pilgrim: lost in forest, made an error (mistake) and had to go through. At beginning had sympathy for sinners, by the end knew that god was right by punishing them: *contrapasso*: the punishment in hell is a continuation of your sin. Whatever you commit in life you will do forever in hell. *contraposto*: developed in renaissance, depicts the thinking mind, reason, contemplation: michelangelo"s david for example. Way that they are posed: caina: taken from abel and cain. First round of 9th circle in inferno, outer region of ice lake. Place for people who betrayed their king and family. Dante"s inferno: antenna: 2nd round of 9th circle people who betrayed their own country, dante"s.
