1. Do you think Medusa is a good symbol for this circle? Why or why not?
2. "'Medusa come, so we to stone will change him!' All shouted looking down; "in evil hour Avenged we not on Theseus his assault!" -- Why would have turning him to stone been the best punishment?
3. If everybody were to experience this circle, do you think we would still be choosing our own misery?
4. Do you think there is another symbol besides Medusa that would have related to this circle?
1. What did Virgil say about the world's Fortune? (page 55 line 58- page 57 line 81) How does this relate to horders and why it might be considered a sin?
2. How is the punishment for the sullen appropriate or not?
3. Dante see's Filippo Argenti in the mud of the styx river. How is his reaction different than those of the other famous people he has seen?
4. What was the importance of Virgil getting rejected at the gate? What does it foreshadow?
1) why do you think there are more souls in this circle than in any other circle? "Here I saw more souls than elsewhere, spreading far to the left and right"
2) What is the punishment for the Hoarders and wasters? pg. 53, line 25-32
3) What is Virgil trying to say to Dante about Fortune? pg. 55 line 61-89
4) Describe where Dante and Virgil are when they enter the fifth circle? pg. 61-63
5) What happens to Dante and Virgil when they arrive in the City of Dis? pg.65
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ReplyDelete1. Do you think Medusa is a good symbol for this circle? Why or why not?
2. "'Medusa come, so we to stone will change him!' All shouted looking down; "in evil hour Avenged we not on Theseus his assault!" -- Why would have turning him to stone been the best punishment?
3. If everybody were to experience this circle, do you think we would still be choosing our own misery?
4. Do you think there is another symbol besides Medusa that would have related to this circle?
1. What did Virgil say about the world's Fortune? (page 55 line 58- page 57 line 81) How does this relate to horders and why it might be considered a sin?
ReplyDelete2. How is the punishment for the sullen appropriate or not?
3. Dante see's Filippo Argenti in the mud of the styx river. How is his reaction different than those of the other famous people he has seen?
4. What was the importance of Virgil getting rejected at the gate? What does it foreshadow?
1) why do you think there are more souls in this circle than in any other circle? "Here I saw more souls than elsewhere, spreading far to the left and right"
ReplyDelete2) What is the punishment for the Hoarders and wasters? pg. 53, line 25-32
3) What is Virgil trying to say to Dante about Fortune? pg. 55 line 61-89
4) Describe where Dante and Virgil are when they enter the fifth circle? pg. 61-63
5) What happens to Dante and Virgil when they arrive in the City of Dis? pg.65
1) Are humans born evil?
ReplyDelete2)What makes constant butting of heads a suitable punishment for the Hoarders and Wasters?
3) Why is muck suitable or unsuitable for the angry people?
4) Why are the people in the mud naked?
5) What is Phlegya's attitude towards the people he ferries?
Would George W Bush be found in the pool of blood? If so, how deep would he be?
ReplyDeleteWhy is the circle of wrath and sullenness not lower than this?
ReplyDeleteWhy is sullenness considered as horrible a sin as wrath?