January 15

Dante

Inferno

Focusing on V-VIII

NOTE: Read one Canto per day, aloud.

1. How does Minos symbolize hell?

2. Explicate the sin and punishment of Paolo & Francesca.

3. What is at the core of the weight shared by the misers and prodigals?

4. What is the common problem/issue shared by the wrathful and slothful?

5. Why are these pairs (m/p & w/s) adjacent to one another in the fourth circle?

6. Are we to pity sinners?

1. How can confession involve both praise and sin?
2. Interpret Monica's vision.
3. Formulate an Augustinian definition for sin and its consequences.
4. Can God be our friend?