1. THE INFERNO DANTE ALIGHIERI

2. DANTE (1265-1321) BORN IN FLORENCE, ITALY AND EXILED IN 1302 BORN IN FLORENCE, ITALY AND EXILED IN 1302 BELIEVED POETRY SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN THE VERNACULAR –THE LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE BELIEVED POETRY SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN THE VERNACULAR –THE LANGUAGE OF THE PEOPLE COMPLETED THE DIVINE COMEDY (THE INFERNO IS PART 1) SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH COMPLETED THE DIVINE COMEDY (THE INFERNO IS PART 1) SHORTLY BEFORE HIS DEATH

3. THE DIVINE COMEDY CHRONICLES DANTE’S JOURNEY THROUGH HELL, PURGATORY, AND HEAVEN CHRONICLES DANTE’S JOURNEY THROUGH HELL, PURGATORY, AND HEAVEN DANTE IS GUIDED BY HIS LOVE BEATRICE IN PARTS OF THE JOURNEY DANTE IS GUIDED BY HIS LOVE BEATRICE IN PARTS OF THE JOURNEY IN REAL LIFE, BEATRICE WAS DANTE’S MUSE – SHE INSPIRED HIS WRITING AND WAS A SYMBOL OF PURITY IN REAL LIFE, BEATRICE WAS DANTE’S MUSE – SHE INSPIRED HIS WRITING AND WAS A SYMBOL OF PURITY

4. THE DIVINE COMEDY AND 3 ARCHETYPAL USE OF THE NUMBER 3 ARCHETYPAL USE OF THE NUMBER 3 TDC HAS 3 PARTS (INFERNO, PURGATORIO, AND PARADISO) TDC HAS 3 PARTS (INFERNO, PURGATORIO, AND PARADISO) EACH PART HAS 33 CANTOS (SECTIONS) EACH PART HAS 33 CANTOS (SECTIONS) USES TERZA RIMA – STANZAS CONSISTING OF 3 LINES EACH USES TERZA RIMA – STANZAS CONSISTING OF 3 LINES EACH JOURNEY TAKES PLACE OVER 3 DAYS – GOOD FRIDAY TO EASTER JOURNEY TAKES PLACE OVER 3 DAYS – GOOD FRIDAY TO EASTER

5. THE DIVINE COMEDY THE DIVINE COMEDY IS AN ALLEGORY – A LITERARY WORK WITH TWO LEVELS OF MEANING – THE LITERAL AND THE SYMBOLIC THE DIVINE COMEDY IS AN ALLEGORY – A LITERARY WORK WITH TWO LEVELS OF MEANING – THE LITERAL AND THE SYMBOLIC WHAT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AN ALLEGORY? WHAT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AN ALLEGORY? THE DIVINE COMEDY IS A LITERAL JOURNEY THAT SYMBOLIZES THE QUEST FOR REDEMPTION THE DIVINE COMEDY IS A LITERAL JOURNEY THAT SYMBOLIZES THE QUEST FOR REDEMPTION

6. DANTE’S HELL ENTERS THE GATES OF HELL, LED BY VIRGIL ENTERS THE GATES OF HELL, LED BY VIRGIL MUST GO DOWN THROUGH NINE LEVELS (CIRCLES) LEADING TO LUCIFER MUST GO DOWN THROUGH NINE LEVELS (CIRCLES) LEADING TO LUCIFER AT EACH LEVEL, DIFFERENT SINS ARE PUNISHED ACCORDING TO THEIR DEGREE OF EVIL AT EACH LEVEL, DIFFERENT SINS ARE PUNISHED ACCORDING TO THEIR DEGREE OF EVIL

7. DANTE’S HELL AS DANTE DESCENDS, THE PUNISHMENTS BECOME WORSE AS DANTE DESCENDS, THE PUNISHMENTS BECOME WORSE HE SEES NOTEWORTHY ITALIANS AND FAMOUS HISTORICAL FIGURES BEING PUNISHED HE SEES NOTEWORTHY ITALIANS AND FAMOUS HISTORICAL FIGURES BEING PUNISHED

8. GATE TO HELL

9. THE VESTIBULE WHO: THE OPPORTUNISTS WHO: THE OPPORTUNISTS THOSE WHO CHOOSE NEITHER GOOD NOR EVIL THOSE WHO CHOOSE NEITHER GOOD NOR EVIL LIVE ONLY FOR THEMSELVES LIVE ONLY FOR THEMSELVES PUNISHMENT: PUNISHMENT: CHASE A BLANK BANNER WHILE STUNG BY WASPS AND HORNETS MAGGOTS/LEECHE S FEED OFF OF BLOOD FROM THEIR WOUNDS THE VESTIBULE IS SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF HELL BY THE RIVER ACHERON

10. CIRCLE ONE: LIMBO MORAL PAGANS AND THE UNBAPTIZED MORAL PAGANS AND THE UNBAPTIZED NO PUNISHMENT BUT NO SALVATION NO PUNISHMENT BUT NO SALVATION VIRGIL, SOCRATES, PLATO, HOMER VIRGIL, SOCRATES, PLATO, HOMER

11. CIRCLE TWO (KING MINOS JUDGES ALL NOW) THE LUSTFUL THE LUSTFUL PUNISHED BY AN ETERNAL STORM THAT CONSTANTLY SPINS THEM ABOUT PUNISHED BY AN ETERNAL STORM THAT CONSTANTLY SPINS THEM ABOUT

12. CIRCLE THREE GLUTTONS GLUTTONS BURIED UNDER MUD TO ENDURE RAIN AND HAIL BURIED UNDER MUD TO ENDURE RAIN AND HAIL CEREBUS GUARDS THE SINNERS CEREBUS GUARDS THE SINNERS

13. CIRCLE FOUR THE GREEDY AND THE WASTEFUL THE GREEDY AND THE WASTEFUL FORCED TO PUSH AND CRASH GIANT WEIGHTS TOGETHER FORCED TO PUSH AND CRASH GIANT WEIGHTS TOGETHER

14. CIRCLE FIVE THE WRATHFUL AND THE LAZY THE WRATHFUL AND THE LAZY WRATHFUL FIGHT ON THE SURFACE OF THE RIVER STYX WRATHFUL FIGHT ON THE SURFACE OF THE RIVER STYX THE LAZY STAY SUBMERGED BENEATH THE SLIME OF THE RIVER THE LAZY STAY SUBMERGED BENEATH THE SLIME OF THE RIVER

15. CIRCLE SIX HERETICS HERETICS TRAPPED IN FLAMING TOMBS TRAPPED IN FLAMING TOMBS THE CAPITAL CITY OF HELL, DIS, IS LOCATED HERE – FALLEN ANGELS GUARD IT THE CAPITAL CITY OF HELL, DIS, IS LOCATED HERE – FALLEN ANGELS GUARD IT

16. CIRCLE SEVEN THE VIOLENT AGAINST OTHERS – SUBMERGED IN A RIVER OF BOILING BLOOD THE VIOLENT AGAINST OTHERS – SUBMERGED IN A RIVER OF BOILING BLOOD SUICIDES – TURNED INTO TREES THAT ARE TORN BY THE HARPIES SUICIDES – TURNED INTO TREES THAT ARE TORN BY THE HARPIES THE VIOLENT AGAINST GOD, NATURE, AND ART – LIVE IN A DESERT OF BURNING SAND WITH BURNING RAIN FALLING THE VIOLENT AGAINST GOD, NATURE, AND ART – LIVE IN A DESERT OF BURNING SAND WITH BURNING RAIN FALLING

18. CIRCLE EIGHT SEDUCERS – WHIPPED BY DEMONS SEDUCERS – WHIPPED BY DEMONS FLATTERERS – BURIED IN EXCREMENT FLATTERERS – BURIED IN EXCREMENT SIMONISTS- (THOSE WHO BOUGHT CHURCH OFFICES) – BURIED UPSIDE DOWN WITH THEIR FEET AFLAME SIMONISTS- (THOSE WHO BOUGHT CHURCH OFFICES) – BURIED UPSIDE DOWN WITH THEIR FEET AFLAME SORCERERS AND FAKE PROPHETS – FORCED TO MARCH WITH THEIR HEADS TURNED BACKWARDS SORCERERS AND FAKE PROPHETS – FORCED TO MARCH WITH THEIR HEADS TURNED BACKWARDS CORRUPT POLITICIANS – SUNK IN BOILING TAR AND GUARDED BY DEMONS CORRUPT POLITICIANS – SUNK IN BOILING TAR AND GUARDED BY DEMONS HYPOCRITES – FORCED TO MARCH WITH LEAD ROBES HYPOCRITES – FORCED TO MARCH WITH LEAD ROBES

19. CIRCLE EIGHT THIEVES – ETERNALLY BOUND AND TORTURED BY MONSTROUS SNAKES THIEVES – ETERNALLY BOUND AND TORTURED BY MONSTROUS SNAKES FALSE ADVISORS – WRAPPED IN TONGUES OF FLAME (ODYSSEUS IS HERE) FALSE ADVISORS – WRAPPED IN TONGUES OF FLAME (ODYSSEUS IS HERE) BEGINNERS OF STRIFE AND UNREST – TORN BY DEMONS WITH GIANT SWORDS BEGINNERS OF STRIFE AND UNREST – TORN BY DEMONS WITH GIANT SWORDS DIFFERENT TYPES OF DECEIVERS – AFFLICTED WITH THIRST, HUNGER, DISEASE, FILTH DIFFERENT TYPES OF DECEIVERS – AFFLICTED WITH THIRST, HUNGER, DISEASE, FILTH

21. CIRCLE NINE THE TRAITORS TO FAMILY, COUNTRY, FELLOW MAN, AND GOD THE TRAITORS TO FAMILY, COUNTRY, FELLOW MAN, AND GOD SATAN IS AT THE BOTTOM OF CIRCLE NINE – HIS GIANT WINGS CAUSE A WIND THAT FREEZES ALL OF THE LOWER LEVELS IN ICE SATAN IS AT THE BOTTOM OF CIRCLE NINE – HIS GIANT WINGS CAUSE A WIND THAT FREEZES ALL OF THE LOWER LEVELS IN ICE SATAN HAS 3 HEADS – ETERNALLY DEVOURS CASSIUS, BRUTUS, AND JUDAS SATAN HAS 3 HEADS – ETERNALLY DEVOURS CASSIUS, BRUTUS, AND JUDAS DANTE AND VIRGIL HAVE TO CLIMB DOWN SATAN’S BODY TO LEAVE HELL DANTE AND VIRGIL HAVE TO CLIMB DOWN SATAN’S BODY TO LEAVE HELL