Reading Notes: Dante's Inferno; Part A

 Stories below are derived from Dante's Divine Comedy, by Tony Kline

Dante and Virgil

  • Very good introduction, the author is either talking to himself or directly to the reader. He tells of how lost and scared he was when entering the "impenetrable" woods, creating a personal note to the reader about how fearful he was
    • Doesn't say too much, but definitely instilled a mood for the reader to start with the rest of the story
  • Included a character called Divine Love
    • Will this character be introduced later?
    • Or was this just a general idea that the readers should know about?
    • A manifestation of a feeling or emotion as a tangible character?
  • When Dante met Virgil, Virgil introduced himself in a very odd way. He included many names of his lineage as well as who was associated with him in the past
    • It also seemed that Dante knew who Virgil was, and also regarded him as his "master"
  • VIRGIL IS HIS GUIDE THROUGH HELL??
    • At this point, it makes a lot more sense about who Dante was, but still doesn't mention anything about how Dante was in Hell in the first place
The Gate of Hell and Charon
  • There was a spooky line of words, all capitalized, almost as if this was what the main character was hearing at the beginning of the story
    • This is a very effective hook for the readers to be more interested in reading the rest of the story
  • After leading Dante into the Gates of Hell, there was a list of the things that the character head, sounds such as "sighs, complaints, deep groans, sounded through the starless air"

  • (Dante and Virgil at the Gates of Hell. Source: W. Blake)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Introduction to a Hot Cheetos Loving, Procrastinator

Image
 Hello! My name is Long, I'm currently a senior studying Microbiology Pre-Med route, and might I say, time has been going by way too fast for me right now. I remember just yesterday that I was a freshman entering the campus in Fall 2017 without a clue as to where my classes were. But, here we are, 5 semesters later, and I guess there's nothing you can do about it but try your best to catch up! Am I right? In the past two semesters, something that I was proud about was the matter that I achieved a 4.0 GPA in both of my busiest semesters of college so far. I know I'm giving myself a pat on the back right now, but seriously at some points during those semesters, I contemplated ripping off all my hair. I can say that, for me, 2019 has been a year of work after work after work, I couldn't find any time for myself. Spring 2019 I was pledging a fraternity. In summer, I was taking biochemistry every weekday for 2 months. And Fall 2019, I busied myself with 5 science-related cla
Read more

Week 2 Story

Image
 The Lion in Love Once upon a time, there was a Lion, who was became madly in love with a human woman and had proposed the question of marriage to her parents. Seeing that the King of the Beast was at their door and asking for the hand of their daughter for marriage, they didn't know how to decline. The woman's parents did not want to anger the King of the Beasts Finally, the woman's father told the Lion, "We are honored by your interest in our daughter. However, seeing that she is small and weak, we fear that your own affection for our daughter can end up hurting her. Being that is the case, would you be willing to clip you claws and remove your fangs? Surely we would reconsider." The Lion, being so madly in love, did exactly what the parents of the woman asked. He went and got his sharp claws clipped and his large fangs removed. However, when he came back to the parents of the woman, the parents merely laughed in front of his face and denied them of his proposal
Read more