Dantes Inferno Background

Dante Alighieri was alive during the __.

1300s

Dante met __ at age 9 and falls in love with her.

Beatrice Portinari

Dante lived in __, Italy.

Florence

During Dante’s life, the political groups were the __ Guelphs vs. __ Guelphs.

Light, Dark

Dante __ his best friend and his wife’s relatives.

exiled

Dante was not a big fan of the __.

Pope

__ has references to mythology, religion, history, and his personal life

The Divine Comedy

__ is about RECOGNIZING sin.

Hell

__ is about REJECTING sin.

Purgatory

__ is about waiting for SALVATION/doing good.

Heaven

__ are songs and chapters.

Cantos

There is a total number of __ cantos.

100

The number 100 is considered the __ number according to medievalists.

perfect

__ is 3 line stanzas.

Tercet

__ is when every second lines rhyme is the first rhyme of the next stanza.

Terza rima

Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven are all __ together.

connected

The poetry written in tercet shows the __.

Holy Trinity

Dante’s journey took three days, beginning on __, Good Friday.

April 8

__ is the patron saint of leading those who have lost spiritual sight.

Saint Lucia

__ is the roman poet who leads Dante through Hell.

Virgil

Virgil is a symbol of __ without faith in God.

reason

Dante believed that the use of __ would help him discover truth and guide him through Hell.

logic