1. Part I of The Divine Comedy
DANTE’S INFERNO
Part I of The Divine Comedy
By Dante Alighieri
THE JOURNEY INTO HELL
Drew Zailik
Class of 2007
This presentation is intended for a student to have a fun and colorful journey through a virtual interpretation of Dante’s Alighieri’s imaginative Hell.
Click HERE to begin…

3. Oooh…Scary!
Before we begin our journey into the depths of Dante’s Hell…
What other depictions of Hell have you seen?

4. VIRGIL Now, you must choose your own guide through the depths of Hell…
Dante and…who was his guide?
VIRGIL
Now, you must choose your own guide through the depths of Hell…

5. Jeff Goldblum: He did it in “Jurassic Park 2”
The Rock: He did it in “Doom”
John Stamos: He needs something to do

6. Excellent Choice!
The River Acheron…
CHARON

7. ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE…
THE GATES OF HELL
ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE…

8. *YOU ARE HERE, beyond the GATES OF HELL1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

9. Circle I – Limbo
Unbaptized and virtuous pagans who did not accept Christ.
Limbo is a somewhat pleasant place, with fields and a castle.
Denied God's presence for eternity

10. Famous Icons Trapped in Limbo
Click to reveal the names of the eternally damned…
Ovid
Homer
Lucan
Horace

11. Circle II – The Carnal
-The sinners are sentenced to their punishment by Minos (pictured here).

12. The Suffering of the Carnal
- The Lustful…indulged their passions beyond reason.
- trapped forever in a violent storm, never to touch anything again.
- Features the lovers Francesca and Paolo (pictured below).

13. Circle III – The Gluttonous
CERBERUS
Those trapped in Circle 3 are constantly maimed by Cerberus
Symbolic of their excessive drinking and eating
Click here to see a picture of the suffering of the gluttonous…

14. The Suffering of the Gluttonous
They lie in putrid slush (symbolic of the garbage they produced)
It is continuously raining and hailing
They provide quite a hefty snack for Cerberus…

15. Circle IV – The Hoarders and Wasters
The Greedy vs. the Wasteful
They are divided into two groups, each pushing boulders against each other (symbolic of their mundane existence on earth, with sin punishing its opposite sin).

16. Circle V - The River Styx
-The Wrathful are forever attacking one another while stuck in the marsh of the Styx…
- Crossing the river on your own is too dangerous…who will be your guide? (click the picture to find out)

17. Crossing the River Styx
Phlegyas, your guide
The Slothful are eternally trapped beneath the swampy water of the River
They reach out and try to pull you into the swamp…

18. You have reached the City of Dis!
…THE SINS OF MALICE
The Shores of Dis…
Now, your true nightmare beings…for within the Walls of Dis are the worst sins of Hell...
There is no turning back now…Click the Stairs to enter Dis…

19. Circle VI The Heretics
The heretics denied immortality, and therefore denied God.
They are entombed in flaming graves for eternity (since they believed the soul dies with the body, they will suffer that fate in Hell).

20. Circle VII The Violent and the Bestial

21. Circle VII - Outer Ring The Violent Against Neighbors
Murderers and Warmakers are immersed in boiling blood (symbolic of the blood of those they killed).
Centaurs (pictured here) guard the banks and shoot arrows at anyone who tries to escape

22. Circle VII – Middle Ring The Violent Against Self
The Wood of the Suicides
Their souls are encased in thorny trees.
The harpies feed upon their leaves.
(Click to see the harpies feeding on the trapped souls)

23. Circle VII – Middle Ring The Violent Against God
The blasphemers, sodomites, and usurers all committed a profane act against God
They are lain over burning sand or forced to ceaselessly run around in circles
The sky rains fire symbolic of God’s wrath

24. Circle VIII - Malebolge
-Malebolge contains the “Fraudulent” sinners
They are guilty of committing deliberate evil
Each type of sinner is placed in their own ditch
Click on the diagram of Malebolge to explore…
Seducers
Flatterers
Simoniacs
Sorcerers
Grafters
Evil Counselors
Sowers of Discord
Falsifiers
Hypocrites
Thieves

25. Circle VIII – Inside Malebolge…
Seducers – Run forever in opposite directions and are whipped by demons
Flatterers – Lie up to their necks in human feces
Simoniacs – Those who mocked the church are placed head-first in flaming holes
Sorcerers – Their heads are put on their bodies backward
Grafters – Trapped in a lake of burning pitch
Hypocrites – Made to wear brightly painted lead cloaks
Thieves – Chased by venomous snakes and who, after being bitten by the venomous snakes, turn into snakes themselves and chase the other thieves in turn
Evil Counselors – Eternally trapped in flames
Sowers of discord – Their bodies are ripped apart, healed, and they destroyed again
Falsifiers – Alchemists, counterfeiters, and perjureres are cursed with disease

26. The Path to the Ninth Circle...
You must be lowered into the pit by the Giants Antaeus and Nimrod…

27. Circle IX – Compound Fraud

28. Circle IX - Caina
You travel across the frozen lake of the 9th circle of Hell…
They are frozen up to their necks in ice…
They cry eternally for those they betrayed…
Caina features those who betrayed their family…

29. Circle IX - Antenora Antenora holds those who betrayed their country…
Your fear rises as you travel closer to the lair of the Devil…

30. Click here to watch a video of Dante face Satan himself…
Circle IX - Ptolomea
Ptolomea holds those who betryaed their guests…
Their tears freeze instantly and pierce their eyes…
Click here to watch a video of Dante face Satan himself…

31. ESCAPE!!! Circle IX - Judecca The Lair of Lucifer
Traitors to their Lords…
ESCAPE!!!
Lucifer’s three faces eternally consume the bodies of Brutus and Cassius for betraying Caesar, and Judas Iscariot for betraying Christ…
There is only one path for you to take now…

32. CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE YOUR JOURNEY THROUGH HELL…
Escape from Hell
You climb Lucifer’s ragged fur towards an exit…you have almost escaped!
CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE YOUR JOURNEY THROUGH HELL…

33. Dr. Hofer’s Instructor Technology Class
Author:
Drew Zailik
Created with:
Microsoft Powerpoint
Created for:
Dr. Hofer’s Instructor Technology Class
Based on:
The Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
Special Thanks To:
John Stamos
Congratulations!
You have survived your journey through Dante’s Inferno!
Hopefully you have a better understanding of the imaginative Hell Dante created…
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