January 16

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?