1. How does the punishment for the politically corrupt (pitch/tar pit & Malabranche) fit compared to their sins?
2. How does the punishment for the hypocrites (wear heavy cloaks lined with lead inside but golden on the outside) fit compared to their sins?
3. (Canto 23 (XXIII), Lines 105-118) These lines refer to Caiaphus, a Jewish high priest who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus (major antagonist of Jesus). Is the sin of 'hypocrite' the right fit for his actions?
4. What sort of actions would be considered justified, in this day, to land someone in the 'politically corrupt' circle?
1. What makes the politically corrupt worse than the people above them? Is misusing power over people worse than taking away thier lives?
2. What is the significance of the 13 demons guarding over and carrying out the punishments?
3. What do you make of the comparisons to animals made?
4.The end of the Canto XXIII describes a broken path that is made up of enough rubble to cross. What is the significance of the state of this path and how might it connect this circle to the next?
1. Why are the politically corrupt and the hypocrites in one of hell's deepest circles? Do they deserve this? Why are the hypocrites and the politically corrupt grouped together?
2. Canto XXI, p. 175: "And the leader made a trumpet of his ass." Why did Dante choose this line to end Canto XXI? What does it mean?
3. In recent history, who would be in this circle of hell and why?
4. In circle 8, the offenses range from barratry (selling appointments to public office) to organizing the murder of Jesus. Do these people deserve to be in the same circle?
5. Dante was accused of barratry and banished from Florence; would he be in this level of hell? Does this background affect Dante's interaction with the sinners of this circle? Does he show sympathy for them?
1. How does the punishment for the politically corrupt (pitch/tar pit & Malabranche) fit compared to their sins?
ReplyDelete2. How does the punishment for the hypocrites (wear heavy cloaks lined with lead inside but golden on the outside) fit compared to their sins?
3. (Canto 23 (XXIII), Lines 105-118) These lines refer to Caiaphus, a Jewish high priest who is said to have organized the plot to kill Jesus (major antagonist of Jesus). Is the sin of 'hypocrite' the right fit for his actions?
4. What sort of actions would be considered justified, in this day, to land someone in the 'politically corrupt' circle?
1. What makes the politically corrupt worse than the people above them? Is misusing power over people worse than taking away thier lives?
ReplyDelete2. What is the significance of the 13 demons guarding over and carrying out the punishments?
3. What do you make of the comparisons to animals made?
4.The end of the Canto XXIII describes a broken path that is made up of enough rubble to cross. What is the significance of the state of this path and how might it connect this circle to the next?
5. What do you make of the behavior of the 13 demons? Why might this befit the punishers of the politically corrupt?
ReplyDelete6. Do you think the punishment for the hypocrites is sufficient?
1. Why are the politically corrupt and the hypocrites in one of hell's deepest circles? Do they deserve this? Why are the hypocrites and the politically corrupt grouped together?
ReplyDelete2. Canto XXI, p. 175: "And the leader made a trumpet of his ass." Why did Dante choose this line to end Canto XXI? What does it mean?
3. In recent history, who would be in this circle of hell and why?
4. In circle 8, the offenses range from barratry (selling appointments to public office) to organizing the murder of Jesus. Do these people deserve to be in the same circle?
5. Dante was accused of barratry and banished from Florence; would he be in this level of hell? Does this background affect Dante's interaction with the sinners of this circle? Does he show sympathy for them?