Dante's 'Inferno' / Role of Women
[ send me this essay ]
A 2 page paper looking at the fact that women's sins as depicted by Dante tend to be overwhelmingly of a sexual nature as compared to men's. The paper concludes that this may be because women in Dante's time were considered to have a limited sphere of influence, and their role was seen as primarily procreative. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Womndant.rtf

Dante's 'Inferno' / The Characterization Of Dante In His Own Divine Comedy
[ send me this essay ]
A 6 page paper dealing with the question of why Dante chose to use himself as the protagonist, and shows how the four levels of meaning in the story all come together in the characterization of Dante. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: Divinec.wps

Dante's 'Inferno' / The Divine Comedy -- Characterization Of Beatrice
[ send me this essay ]
A 6 page paper discussing the most famous epic poem of the Middle Ages, The Divine Comedy by Dante. The paper answers the question of why Dante chose to use his departed beloved as the central female figure of the poem, and shows how the four levels of meaning in the story all come together in the characterization of Beatrice. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: Divine.wps

Dante's 'Inferno'/ Canto XII Analyzed
[ send me this essay ]
This 6 page research paper analyzes the punishment of the tyrants and murderers in the seventh circle, where the punishment of violent sinners takes place. Specifically discussed is why the crime of murder is considered less of a sin according to Dante's ascending circles to Hell than it is perceived today. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Cantoxii.wps

Dante's 'Marie de France' & The Character's Belief That God Is On Her Side
[ send me this essay ]
A 3 page essay discussing Marie de France and her lover's passion and her assertion that God must be on their side. The writer illustrates how this attitude expresses the conflict between love and 'Christian values' in the story. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Mariede.wps

Dante's Inferno and Plato's 'Symposium'
[ send me this essay ]
A 4 page paper about these two masterpieces. The writer explores the issue of love, and what that means to each of these 2 writers. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Infplato.wps

Dante's Inferno and Virgil
[ send me this essay ]
A 4 page paper which discusses the role and purpose of the character of Virgil in Dante's Inferno. Also discussed is how Virgil, who was in reality a great Roman poet, wrote a work called 'The Aeneid.' This work also serves as an illustration to further describe the purpose for having created the character of Virgil in Inferno.
Filename: RAinferno.wps

Dante’s “Inferno” as Spiritual Journey
[ send me this essay ]
A seven page paper looking at the motif of the journey as Dante develops it in this poem. The paper shows how the theme of the journey is a precise allegory for the spiritual growth experience we must all undertake at those points in our lives when we find we have lost our way; this, and not its Christian message, contribute to the appeal of the Inferno today. No additional sources.
Filename: KBdante2.wps

Detailed Structural Analysis and Explanation of Dante Alighieri's Poem, 'Inferno'
[ send me this essay ]
A 5 page paper which provides a detailed structural analysis and explanation of Dante Alighieri's classic poem, 'Inferno,' discussing, among other things, imagery, symbolism, the significance of the number three, how the poem represented the moral code of the time, and a consideration of why betrayal was regarded as a sin to be more severely punished than murder. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TGinfrno.wps

Francesca da Rimini in Dante’s “The Inferno”
[ send me this essay ]
This 5 page report discusses Dante Alighieri's classic that tells of the poet’s journey into hell. The report focuses on the structure of hell and then examines the character of Francesca da Rimini who is in hell because of her adulterous affair. Her story gains the sympathy of both Dante and the reader but the point is that it is God who determines justice, not humans. Dante also applies a specific system of ethics to classify the sins and punishments of hell. No secondary sources.
Filename: BWdante.wps

Robert Pinsky and Dante’s Inferno
[ send me this essay ]
This 5 page report discusses the ninth U.S. poet laureate,Robert Pinsky, and Dante’s “Inferno.” Drawing on information from an online discussion with The Atlantic Monthly in April of 1995, Pinsky’s ideas as they realte to Dante are examined.Pinsky’s translation of “Inferno” won several awards which called special attention to this American’s view of one of the world’s great literary classics. No secondary sources.
Filename: BWpinsky.wps

Symbolism in Three Cantos of Dante’s “Inferno”
[ send me this essay ]
A five page paper looking at Cantos XXXII, XXXIII, and XXXIV of Dante’s classic work in terms of the way the poet uses symbolism and imagery to heighten our understanding of the poem’s meaning. Special attention is paid to the significance of ice, which contrasts with our expectation that Hell is a lake of fire. No additional sources.
Filename: KBdante3.wps