Wednesday, November 15, 2006

More Student presentations


Schema: Quiz on previous day's canto presentations.

A Block - covered canti 8, 12, 13 and 14
B Block - covered canti 13 - 18
C Block - covered canti 10, 13, 15, 17, 18

Review notes from the beginning of the unit. Look on Student Public for the Dante PowerPoint presentations for fun facts that might appear on tests. Look at definitions for free will, allegory, parody, satire, imagery, King of Time. Review facts such as:
  • Dante goes to the Inferno to recognize sin
  • He goes to Purgatorio to renounce sin
  • This journey is a quest and his 'neukia'
  • The long list of mythical creatures (Centaurs, Minos, Minotaur, Charon, Styx)
  • Minos condemns sinner to their circle by wrapping his tail
  • Why the number 3 is important (Trinity)
  • That Dis is Lucifer and a parody of the Trinity
  • Dante starts his journey in the 'Dark Wood of Error'
  • His journey is an allegory
Homework: review notes, work on essay ideas


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