Finally, Virgil's presence throughout the Divine Comedy is there for a philosophical reason, as well; he is meant to represent the clarity of reason in a spiritually chaotic universe. Homer, author of the great epic the Odyssey, also appears in Dan Continue Reading...
Dante's Inferno And Manzoni's The Betrothed Alessandro Manzoni's only novel The Betrothed is a national institution in Italy and second in popularity in this history of Italian literature only to Dante's Divine Comedy. He was a liberal nationalist f Continue Reading...
teacher & student relationship between Dante and Virgil in Dante's Inferno This paper presents a detailed examination of the relationship between Dante and Virgil in Dante's Inferno. The writer uses examples and character analysis to present the Continue Reading...
Dante's journey through his 'mid-life' crisis. It uses 7 sources in MLA format and it has a list of bibliography. Mid-life is a period in life in which adults take on new responsibilities, in the family, and at work and changes are often wrought wi Continue Reading...
Annotated Bibliography Alighieri, Dante. "The Divine Comedy, Volume I: Inferno, trans. Mark Musa." New York: Penguin Classics, 2003. Translator Mark Musa provides a blank verse translation of the first book of the Italian epic, Dante’ Continue Reading...
Dante’s Love Dante’s love for Beatrice is truly at the core of Dante’s Divine Comedy. She is the one who prays for him when he first becomes lost in the dark wood and it is through her intercession that Virgil arrives to guide him t Continue Reading...
Negative Aspects of Society The author of this report is asked to review Augustine, Dante and Machiavelli when it comes to their views about the negative aspects of society. Indeed, they are major figures throughout history and their views are simil Continue Reading...
Bhagavad-Gita and Dante's Inferno This is a comparison between the Bhagavad-Gita and Dante's Inferno on the concept of heaven, hell and God. It has 2 sources. Most religions and religious concepts that are well-known are ones that have concepts of Continue Reading...
The literature of the Renaissance illustrates the primary principles undergirding this momentous social, political, cultural, and ideological movement. As the heart of the Renaissance, Italy offered the world a flowering of both visual and literary a Continue Reading...
Film Analysis of Fight ClubDavid Finchers 1999 cult classic film Fight Club was polarizing when released at the end of the 20th century: it hit audiences hard, shocking some and enthralling others. It divided critics as well; however, looking back on Continue Reading...
Dante's Inferno The opening section of Dante's poetic series, which he wrote in the 1400s is called The Inferno, which means 'Hell' in Italian. The titles under the series christened the Divine Comedy are Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, and they Continue Reading...
Nature of Justice -- Secular or Divine? Comparative Essay The comparison of Antigone and Dante's Inferno is interesting as they are really quite different in style, tone, context, and story type. Both stories address the choices made by mankind, an Continue Reading...
Hero and Saint An Analysis of the Hero and the Saint from St. Francis to Kierkegaard's Abraham Francis of Assisi is one of the most famous saints of the Church and Dante is one its most famous literary heroes. St. Francis received his vocation at t Continue Reading...
Prince Hamlet is supported by loyal followers such as Prufrock, himself happy "to start a scene or two" (116) and to remain "Deferential, glad to be of use" (118). Women are presented in a series of stereotypes of the social set -- they sip tea, tal Continue Reading...
Heroes Explain what each shows you about the definition of a hero in that culture. The Prince is showing the ideal hero inside mid-evil society at the beginning of the Renaissance period. This means that there are several different attributes that Continue Reading...
living in the Middle Ages. What new things are available for you to experience? The prelude to modernism The history that establishes origin and evolution of the modern society has its basis from the ancient time. Initially, the world and society Continue Reading...
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Homer in Hollywood: The Coen Brothers' O Brother, Where Art Thou? Could a Hollywood filmmaker adapt Homer's Odyssey for the screen in the same way that James Joyce did for the Modernist novel? The idea of a high-art film Continue Reading...
Role of Free Will and Fate in Oedipus Rex and Othello, the Moor of Venice Free will and fate play a major role in determining the outcome the hero experiences in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and William Shakespeare's Othello, the Moor of Venice. In Oedip Continue Reading...
