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 __THE DIVINE COMEDY__ by Dante Aligheri __-INFERNO__ __- PURGATORY__ __- PARADISE__  __Walk through of Inferno__ media type="youtube" key="Ryx8X4JaW9Y" height="344" width="425"

" Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them-there is no third." -T.S. Eliot

He chewed a sinner between his teeth, with every mouth, like a grinder, so, in a way, he kept three of them in torment. To the one in front, the biting was nothing compared to the tearing, since, at times, his back was left completely stripped of skin. - Dante  __ Walk through of purgatory __ media type="youtube" key="hnGwVFRxQV0" height="344" width="425" " A sensitive and perceptive novel...a spectacular achievement. " - Archibald MacLeish

While the lovely, joyful eyes, that, weeping, made me come to you, are arriving, here you can sit down, or walk amongst all this. Do not expect another word, or sign from me. Your will is free, direct and whole, and it would be wrong not to do, as it demands: and, by that, I crown you free. - Virgil __ Walk through of Paradise __ media type="youtube" key="kwompEN00qw" height="344" width="425"

" Ciardi has given us...a credible, passionate persona of the poet, stripped of the customary gauds of rhetoric and false decoration, strong and noble in utterance." - Dudley Fitts

Know that the Lord is always with you, Dante, and I will always be with you. Do not fret over Virgil, for he has signified his place in the final comming. -Beatrice

First video: I chose this video because it went over a major part of my book. The video is a walkthrough of the Inferno, or Hell, and shows pantings of Dante's experences in Hell with his guide Virgil. It also shows nearly all of the punishments of Hell which range from itching so feirce, that people would rip there own limbs off, to being eternally eaten head first by Satan. The video also shows Dante before he meets Virgil and decends into Hell, where he is being cornered by fearce monsters (his sins). This is important background information and the basis of how the story starts. At the end of the video you can see one portrate of Satan who is eating Judas with his middle head. This is one of the most important, though short, parts because Dante can finally see the betrayer of Jesus, who is Judas.

Second video: I chose the second video because it also covers a third of my book. The second video is a walkthrough of Purgatory ,which is portrayed as a giant mountain, where people go an suffer mild punishments, if any at all, to await there rising to Heaven. The main inportance of this area is that through souls actions on the mountain, they decide weather they are send up to Heaven or cast down to Hell, which the video shows. In the end of Purgatory video is where Virgil is shown leaving Dante and Dante meeting Beatrice, who is the angel who sent Virgil to take Dante through Hell and Purgatory. The video also shows the critical part of the book where Dante is washed in the river Leath and clensed of all his sins.

Third video: I chose the third video because it, like the others, shows a third of the book. the video shows the Paradise, or Heaven, section of the book and has paintings of Dante and Beatrice. Most of the images show Dante talking to souls who are within the nine spheres of Heaven and them telling there stories about there lifes. One of the most important ilustrations in the video is when you see a picture of Jesus on the cross and angels surounding him. This is when Dante is given a blessing by St. John. The second and most important image out of all three videos is when you can see a one-dimencional circle encompased by the nine spheres of Heaven. This is Dante's blessed vision given to him at the end of the story and was suposedly a small glimps of God.

First book quote: I chose this quote because it is significant to the Inferno part of my book. The quote takes place in the ninghth circle of Hell when Dante is with Virgil and they are viewing Satan chewing Judas, Brutas, and Casius in his three mouths. This is imprtant bucause it is the most critical point in time within Dante's journy through Hell.

Second book quote: I chose my second quote because it takes place in the most important point in time within the Purgatory as well as the saddest. The quote takes place at the very end of Purgatory and are Virgils final words to Dante. I thought it would be fitting as one of my quotes because Virgil is one of the three main caracters. Also, this is right before Dante meets the angel Beatrice.

Third book quote: I chose my third quote because it is one of the most important parts of the Paradise. The quote takes place right after the ninghth sphere, and right before Dante has his glorious vision of God. The quote is made by the angel Beatrice and is her final words to Dante. I thought that cinse she was one of the three main caracters, this would be a fitting quote for my wiki space also.