Purgatorio Quiz

isalnd mountain in the Southern Hemisphere, the only piece of land there; 3 sections- antepurgatory, purgatory proper, and earthly paradise

problematic presence- non-christian, death by suicide (excused as senators inccoruptable nature against Julius Cesar)

bind his waist with a reed and wash Dante clean of the filth of Hell

souls arrive to purgatory by boat, start on the shore and have to wait till seen as ready to move to mountain

sings "love that discourses to me in my mind", a song by Dante; reprimanded because lingering and not focusing all efforts in working up the mountain

illegitamate son of Fredrick II, learn about excommunicates

those who refused to submit to authority of the church have to wait on shore 30X the time they spent as sinners

most famous Italian Troubador, born in same region as virgil; learn that you cant travel. at night in purgatory

7 terraces: prideful, envious, wrathful, slothful, avaracious and prodigal, gluttonous, lustful

are bent down and forced to carry havy rocks (equivelent to their pride in life)

have their eyelids sewn shut with iron wires

famous illuminator (illustrator) of manuscripts; fleetingness during life of fame, forgotten overtime and nothing compared to eternal life in heaven

talk of free will and causes of corruption; the soul is simple- drawn to things that spark joy but not always whats RIGHT, why we need laws to give examples of proper moral conduct

pride, envy, wrath

sloth

avarice, gluttonous, lust

(or scorging lash) examples of virtureto counter the vice

(or curb) stories of the vice itself so you can learn from the mistakes of others

author of the Thebaid and Achillied , a poet; has finished penance and headed up to heaven and massive fan of virgil

experience hunger and thirst while there are plenty of trees wit hfruitaround them

must run through a great wall of fire, call out examples of chasity

meets the aparition of a woman matilda (only made up figure in the entire comedy)

7 cadelabra (churches of asia), 7 pennants (gifts of the holy ghost), 24 elders (books of the old testament), 4 animals (books of the 4 evangelasits), chariot (the church) drawn by griffin (christ), 7 women (3 theological virtues and 4 cardinal virtues), 7 more elders (the acts of the apostles); wants to encompass all human time (from genisis to apocalypse)

gives Dante a good tounge lashing; has divine knowledge so can judge his soul accurately and voice is blade of justice

commands dante to tell truth with his poerty, use his smarts for the good of the world that lives badly

river purges your memory of sins

river enhances your memory of good things youve accomplished in life

picks up Dante and both start buring in the sky

ugly women that dante turns beautiful, talks about siren things; 2nd (saintly) woman shows up rips the sirens clothes off and the stench from her stomach wakes him up

young lady gathers flowers and sings. her sister like to look at a mirror. Leah EX of active life. Rachel EX of contemplative life

guittone (worst enemy), arnaut Daniel, gudio guinizzeili, sordello, statius