canto xxviii bri price. literal characters sowers of discord: created discord on earth; their bodies...
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LiteralCHARACTERSSowers of Discord: Created discord on
earth; their bodies are torn apart in Hell
• Mahomet: Founder of Islam (Mohammed)
• Pier da Medicina: Incited civil strife; disseminated scandal and misrepresentation; incited feuds between two Romagna families
• Curio: Brought about civil strife; tongue removed for punishment
• Mosca: Brought Florentine division by creating Guelphs and Ghibellines
• Bertrand de Born: Headless shade who helped increase feud between Henry II of England and his young son Prince Henry
• Interpretation• The poets look down at the
8th circle (9th Bolgia) and see sinners sliced by the Demon with a sword
• Mahomet & Pier da Medicina send a message through Danto to the people on Earth, warning them to be weary of their actions
Allegorical
• Sinners of the 9th Bolgia ripped people apart on Earth forced to be ripped apart in Hell
• Curio said things that started civil war tongue cut out in Hell
• Bertrand de Born used mind games to separate father and son forced to have body and mind separated in Hell
Moral
• Sins of intellect
• Destroy the fabric of society in order to gain power and control
• Being cunning and intelligent is a gift from God, not to be used for personal gain
Anagogical
• Demon• The demon within on Earth
• Comes out to torture in Hell
• Sundering Sword• Adapted for different
punishments
• Mahomet• Prophet of God; sent to Hell
• Unblessed passage• False God, false baptism
Poetic• Theme
• Dark, violent, gruesome
• One giant metaphor; as the sinners ripped apart people on Earth, so are they ripped apart for eternity in Hell
Literal
• CHARACTERS
Falsifiers: Punished in the 10th Bolgia; victims of disease and illness
• Capocchio: Student with Dante; an alchemist who called self an “ape of nature” because of his power to mimic or to produce a draught
• Aretine: Griffolino d’Arezza; a physicist; took money for promising miracles; burned at stake for falsifying
• Interpretation• Dante thinks he will
see a relative (Geri del Bello) but Virgil urges him to hurry up
• Virgil & Dante cross to 10th Bolgia- dark; hard to see
• A pit of diseased, screaming, horrible stench
Allegorical
• The Valley of Disease• Falsifiers are a disease;
spread lies- spread disease
• Darkness blindness to truth & God
• Constant odor of death constant stench of lies
Moral
• Falsifiers tamper with how society functions
• Misleading society = misleading God
• Pretending to be something or have something is to pretend you are not what God made you to be
Anagogical
• Capocchio claimed to be “ape of nature” God is nature; he cannot manipulate nature because he cannot manipulate God
• Griffolino d’Arezzo claimed he was a miracle worker only God can create miracles
• Aegina story of Gods Juno & Jupiter; destruction & repepulation
Poetic
• Theme• Pitiful, dark, hopeless,
painful
• Dante states that he does find pity for these people
• Personifies disease