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Dante's Inferno Essay Assignment:
write an essay on how Dante the poet depicted the sin
“Lower hell: heresy cantos IX-X”
Questions to answer:
Address these questions in your essay (not necessarily in this
order):
Where is Dante the pilgrim in Hell in this canto, and what is the
setting?
Who does Dante the pilgrim meet, and what takes place in their
encounter?
How does Dante the pilgrim react?
What sin does the canto depict?
How does Dante the poet understand the sin and its severity?
What is the punishment and in what way is it a contrapasso
(how does it fit the sin)?
How did you react to the canto?
Your essay should be roughly 1000-1200 words.
It is due November 17. You must cite your sources.
Source: The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, vol. I Inferno,
trans. Allen
Mandelbaum. New York: Bantam, 1980. ISBN 0-553-21339-3.
Other Sources to use:
Worldofdante.org
Danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu
princeton dante project
dartmouth dante project
electronic bulletin of the dante society of america
.

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