Dante and Inferno

It means “three-lined stanza” in Italian.

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These were the 3 wild beasts met by Dante in the darkwoods.

(a)  

How did Dante describe Inferno aside from seeing it as an inverted cone?

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Who are transformed into thorny bushes?

• blasphemers

• sodomites

• suicides

• murderers

They are blown to and fro by violent storm wind.

• usurers

• lustful

• pagans

• gluttons

This is the river of boiling blood.

• Styx

• Cocytus

• Acheron

• Phlegethon

They are trapped in flaming tombs.

(a)  

The group pushes a great weight against the heavy weight of others.

(a)  

Who guards the violent?

• Centaurs

• Cerberus

• Minotaurs

• Plutus

Who are not punished in active sense?

• Gluttons

• Violent against Nature

• Slothful

• Limbo