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CANTO XXVIII

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LiteralCHARACTERSSowers of Discord: Created discord on

earth; their bodies are torn apart in Hell

• Mahomet: Founder of Islam (Mohammed)

• Pier da Medicina: Incited civil strife; disseminated scandal and misrepresentation; incited feuds between two Romagna families

• Curio: Brought about civil strife; tongue removed for punishment

• Mosca: Brought Florentine division by creating Guelphs and Ghibellines

• Bertrand de Born: Headless shade who helped increase feud between Henry II of England and his young son Prince Henry

• Interpretation• The poets look down at the

8th circle (9th Bolgia) and see sinners sliced by the Demon with a sword

• Mahomet & Pier da Medicina send a message through Danto to the people on Earth, warning them to be weary of their actions

Allegorical

• Sinners of the 9th Bolgia ripped people apart on Earth forced to be ripped apart in Hell

• Curio said things that started civil war tongue cut out in Hell

• Bertrand de Born used mind games to separate father and son forced to have body and mind separated in Hell

Moral

• Sins of intellect

• Destroy the fabric of society in order to gain power and control

• Being cunning and intelligent is a gift from God, not to be used for personal gain

Anagogical

• Demon• The demon within on Earth

• Comes out to torture in Hell

• Sundering Sword• Adapted for different

punishments

• Mahomet• Prophet of God; sent to Hell

• Unblessed passage• False God, false baptism

Poetic• Theme

• Dark, violent, gruesome

• One giant metaphor; as the sinners ripped apart people on Earth, so are they ripped apart for eternity in Hell

CANTO XXIX

Literal

• CHARACTERS

Falsifiers: Punished in the 10th Bolgia; victims of disease and illness

• Capocchio: Student with Dante; an alchemist who called self an “ape of nature” because of his power to mimic or to produce a draught

• Aretine: Griffolino d’Arezza; a physicist; took money for promising miracles; burned at stake for falsifying

• Interpretation• Dante thinks he will

see a relative (Geri del Bello) but Virgil urges him to hurry up

• Virgil & Dante cross to 10th Bolgia- dark; hard to see

• A pit of diseased, screaming, horrible stench

Allegorical

• The Valley of Disease• Falsifiers are a disease;

spread lies- spread disease

• Darkness blindness to truth & God

• Constant odor of death constant stench of lies

Moral

• Falsifiers tamper with how society functions

• Misleading society = misleading God

• Pretending to be something or have something is to pretend you are not what God made you to be

Anagogical

• Capocchio claimed to be “ape of nature” God is nature; he cannot manipulate nature because he cannot manipulate God

• Griffolino d’Arezzo claimed he was a miracle worker only God can create miracles

• Aegina story of Gods Juno & Jupiter; destruction & repepulation

Poetic

• Theme• Pitiful, dark, hopeless,

painful

• Dante states that he does find pity for these people

• Personifies disease

Works Cited

• http://www.mythfolklore.net/2003frametales/images/dante/inf_dore_mahomet.jpg

• http://apliterature-sasd.wikispaces.com/file/view/dante%26virgil.jpg/33789059/dante%26virgil.jpg


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