Literary Artists

( Cueme, Jimenez)

Word Wizard

(Damolo, Vallente)

Despicable \ dəˈspikəb(ə) \ -very bad or unpleasant: deserving to be despised

          ·         The despicable man was disliked by everyone in his neighborhood.

Sacred  \ˈsākrəd \ -  worthy of religious worship: very holy

          ·         The sacred image of the Virgin Mary.            

Mournful  \ ˈmȯrn-fəl \- full of sorrow or very sad

         ·         She had such a mournful expression that someone teasingly asked if her dog had died.

Blaspheme \ blas-ˈfēm \- to talk about God or religion in a way that does not show respect. 

         ·         Sex outside of marriage is considered by some to be a sin and a form of blasphemy.

Steersman \ ˈstirz-mən  \- one who steers: HELMSMAN

         ·         It looks very long, and the water, which the steersman says is only three feet deep, seems very far away and very deep.

Ashamed  \ ə-ˈshāmd  \- reluctant or unwilling to do something because of shame or embarrassment.

         ·         I was ashamed to be seen with him.

Reprimand  \ ˈre-prə-ˌmand  \- a severe or formal reproof.

        ·         Did the policeman reprimand the old man?

Primordial \ prīˈmôrdēəl \- existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval.

        ·         The planet Jupiter contains large amounts of the primordial gas and dust out of which the solar system was formed.

Omnipotence \ ämˈnipədəns \ -  the quality of having unlimited or very great power.

        ·         It's a good thing God is omnipotent.

Cowardice  \ kau̇(-ə)r-dəs \-  lack of bravery

          ·         Soldiers accused of cowardice

Torment \ ˈtȯr-ˌment  \- extreme pain or the anguish of body or mind: AGONY

        ·         She wrung her hands piteously together, looking like a soul in torment.

Woe \ ˈwō  \ - a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief

        ·        . The city's traffic woes are well-known

Novice \ ˈnä-vəs  \-  a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community.

        ·         The novices spend part of each day in prayer and meditation.

Hoarse \ ˈhȯrs  \- rough or harsh in sound: GRATING

        ·         She could only speak in a hoarse whisper.

Whirl \ ˈhwər(-ə)\- to move in a circle or similar curve especially with force or speed

        ·         Clothes were whirling in the washing machine.

Scourged \ ˈskərj  , ˈskȯrj, ˈsku̇rj\- a person or thing that causes great trouble or suffering.

        ·         The prisoner was scourged with a whip.

Character Captain

(Doylabo, Doria)

Dante (DAHN-tay), the exile Florentine poet, who is halted in his path of error through the grace of the Virgin, Saint Lucy, and Beatrice, and is redeemed by his journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.

Beatrice (beh-ah-TREE-cheh), his beloved, who is transformed into an angel, one of Mary’s handmaids. Through her intercession, her compassion, and her teaching, Dante’s passion is transmuted into divine love, which brings him to a state of indescribable blessedness.

Virgil- Dante’s master, the great Roman poet who guides him through Hell and Purgatory. The most favored of the noble pagans who dwell in Limbo without hope of heavenly bliss, he represents the highest achievements of human reason and classical learning.

Saint Lucy- Dante’s patron saint. She sends him aid and conveys him through a part of Purgatory.

Charon (KAY-ron), traditionally the ferryman of damned souls.

Minos (mee-nohs), the monstrous judge who dooms sinners to their allotted torments.

Paolo

Paolo (pah-OH-loh) and

Francesca

Francesca (frahn-CHEH-skah), devoted lovers, murdered by Paolo’s brother, who was Francesca’s husband. Together even in hell, they arouse Dante’s pity with their tale of growing affection.

Ciacco

Ciacco (CHEE-ahk-koh), a Florentine damned for gluttony, who prophesies the civil disputes that engulfed his native city after his death.

Plutus

Plutus, the bloated, clucking creature who guards the entrance of the fourth circle of Hell.

Phlegyas

Phlegyas (FLEHJ-ee-as), the boatman of the wrathful.

Filippo Argenti

Filippo Argenti (fee-LEEP-poh ahr-JEHN-tee), another Florentine noble, damned to welter in mud for his uncontrollable temper.

Megaera

Megaera (MEHG-ah-rah),

Alecto

Alecto (ah-LEHK-toh), and

Tisiphone

Tisiphone (tih-SIF-oh-nee), the Furies, tower warders of the City of Dis.

Farinata Degli Uberti

Farinata Degli Uberti (fah-ree-NAH-tah deh-ylee ew-BEHR-tee), the leader of the Ghibelline party of Florence, condemned to rest in an indestructible sepulchre for his heresy. He remains concerned primarily for the fate of his city.

Cavalcante

Cavalcante (kah-vahl-KAHN-tay), a Guelph leader, the father of Dante’s friend Guido. He rises from his tomb to ask about his son.

Nessus

Nessus (NEHS-uhs),

Chiron

Chiron (KI-ron), and

Pholus

Pholus (FOH-luhs), the courteous archer centaurs who guard the river of boiling blood that holds the violence against men.

Piero Delle Vigne

Piero Delle Vigne (pee-EH-roh dehl-leh VEEN-nay), the loyal advisor to Emperor Frederick, imprisoned, with others who committed suicide, in a thornbush.

Capaneus

Capaneus (kah-PAH-neh-ews), a proud, blasphemous tyrant, one of the Seven against Thebes.

Brunetto Latini

Brunetto Latini (brew-NEHT-toh lah-TEE-nee), Dante’s old teacher, whom the poet treats with great respect; he laments the sin of sodomy that placed him deep in Hell.

Guido Guerra

Guido Guerra (GWEE-doh gew-EHR-rah),

Tegghiaio Aldobrandi

Tegghiaio Aldobrandi (teeg-GEE-ah-ee-oh ahl-doh-BRAHN-dee),

Jacopo Rusticucci

Jacopo Rusticucci (YAHK-oh-poh rews-tee-KEW-chee), and

Guglielmo Borsiere

Guglielmo Borsiere (gew-glee-EHL-moh bohr-SEE-ehr-ay), Florentine citizens who gave in to unnatural lust.

Geryon

Geryon (JEE-ree-on), a beast with a human face and a scorpion’s tail, symbolic of fraud.

Venedico Caccianemico

Venedico Caccianemico (veh-neh-DEE-koh kah-CHEE-ah-neh-MEE-koh), a Bolognese pander.

Jason

Jason, a classical hero, damned as a seducer.

Passage Picker

( Taoy, Lapiz)

"I'M THE WAY OF THE CITY OF WOE"

This is the path to something miserable, the path to the things that will cause you distress, troubles or sorrow and that will cause you sadness/despair, and the woe is a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction or grief and the distress of mind. For me, I was under this way because I always commit sadness and despair and I think I was in the place of woe because I was suffering misfortune, the troubles of my stepfather with my mother and sister, so that now I practice to getting out of great sadness and stay strong or to be a happy women.

“SACRED JUSTICE MOVED MY ARCHITECT, I WAS RAISED HERE BY DIVINE OMNIPOTENCE, PRIMORDIAL LOVE AND ULTIMATE INTELLECT”

 The architect is referred to God and the sacred justice it means that God made a hell for justice and the God us in all his power the divine omnipotence, the love or the wisdom, the ultimate intellect it is the ability to understand or deal with ideas and information so that god make to bring about justice and the primordial love is to describe things that belong to a very early time in the history of the world. Like, my Father was needed justice for his early death but all of that he wants or need always the love of my family and I want all people loved each other and the sacred of God.

“ALL HOPE ABANDON, YE WHO ENTER HERE"

This is a message warning one about a hopeless situation from which there is no return and the inscription on the sentence is to hell and this area warning similar to proceed with caution, stay away or do no enter and in this situation could be very dangerous. For me, I have experience of dangerous situation in three years at Bohol because my stepfather was using some drugs and alcohol so that when was death he can enter this place in the hell he was no hope for happiness with my family or he was no hope of getting out of there.

The Divine Comedy Summary

(Cabesas)

"The Divine Comedy" is a famous poem by Dante Alighieri. He was an Indian poet and was born on May 21-June 20, 1265 in Florence Italy. In the poem that he wrote, it traces the journey of Dante from darkness and error to the revelation of the divine light. The Divine Comedy is divided into three volumes. These volumes are Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso.

Inferno

Dante meets Virgil to guide him through his journey. Charon, the ferryman of the river Acheron, took them to the first circle which is called Limbo. Unbaptized infants and virtuous non-Christians stay here.

 The second circle is called Lust where the souls are suffering from a violent storm without a rest. Gluttony is the third circle where the souls are rotting in the rain. The fourth circle is called Greed, the souls are being dragged from place to place. The fifth circle is Wrath, the penalty represents the sort of the lifetime sin committed. Heresy is the sixth circle, are guilty of heresy or beliefs or ideas contrary to Christian doctrine. The seventh circle is called Violence, Hell's Seventh Circle is split into three rings. The Outer Ring houses assassins and others who have been violent towards other individuals and assets. The poet considers suicides in the Middle Ring that have been transformed into trees and bushes that harpies feed on. But he also considers dogs haunting, chasing and torn to bits here. Blasphemers and sodomites are present in the Inner Ring, living in a desert of burning sand and burning rain falling from the sky.

 The 8th circle is called Fraud, This Hell circle is split into 10 bridge-bridged Bolgias or stony ditches. Dante is seeing panderers and seducer in Bolgia 1. He discovers flatterers at Bolgia 2. He and Virgil see those guilty of simony after crossing the bridge to Bolgia 3. They find wizards and false prophets after crossing another bridge between the ditches to Bolgia 4. Corrupt leaders are housed in Bolgia 5, hypocrites in Bolgia 6, and in the remaining 4 ditches, Dante discovers hypocrites (Bolgia 7), thieves (Bolgia 7), evil counselors and advisors (Bolgia 8), divisive people (Bolgia 9), and multiple falsifiers such as alchemists, perjurers, and falsifiers (Bolgia 10).

The last or the 9th circle is called Treachery. All residents are frozen in an icy lake. Those who committed more severe sin are deeper within the ice.

Purgatorio

The second section of the poem. Virgil and Dante stand at the base of a mountain, which was created when Lucifer crashed into the Earth. This mountain is the ascension to Heaven, so it begins with another lobby of sorts, called the Ante-Purgatory. These are people waiting to ascend, usually in this lobby because they were excommunicated or they repented too late in life. Dante made a point to include that the prayers of the living could affect how long a soul lingered in purgatory. There are seven terraces, each one loosely tied to the seven deadly sins. Instead of being punished and tortured like in Inferno, as you ascend the terraces you atone for these sins from the past.

The first terrace is Pride, where the souls there are humbled and humiliated by having to carry massive boulders on their backs and are forever hunched over. The second terrace is Envy, where people are punished for wanting what is someone else's. Some are blinded by their eyes being sewn shut.

The third terrace is Wrath. The wrathful are being punished in the third terrace where a thick black smoke surrounds them and makes them feel alone. The fourth terrace is Sloth, they must race and shout about people that showed zeal in life.

Terrace 5: Greed, here are penitent by being bound facedown, unable to move or gather anything. There is an earthquake for Dante and Virgil, a sign that another soul has repented and is now able to enter paradise.  Terrace 6: Gluttony, where those that feated nonstop in life are forced to starve and thirst.

They enter terrace seven which is Lust, where the lustful walk through flames, where they must show disregard for their bodies completely, shouting stories of chastity.

 To leave this terrace, Dante must also walk through a wall of flame, which he does so only because the woman he loves, Beatrice, awaits him in paradise. Dante stands ready to ascend into Heaven.

Paradiso

Dante meets Beatrice and they are going to ascend through the spheres of heaven, floating higher and higher towards paradise. Virgil, his guides until now does, not follow.

The first sphere is the Sphere of the Moon, which is for souls that have been unable to keep their vows, usually when it comes to a vow to God, so we see a lot of authority figures and religious figures that were kicked out of their positions, not of their fault.

The sphere of Mercury is for those that were right and just but were driven by ambition, so not entirely selfless. Sometimes fame drove them and they wanted recognition for their good works.

The third sphere, the Sphere of Venus, is for quote-unquote lovers, people that loved God and humanity so passionately, that alone earned them a place in heaven.

The fourth sphere, Sphere of the Sun, is for the wise and intellectual, who sought to educate and change hearts and minds, so Dante has discussions with a few of these wise leaders.

The fifth sphere is the Sphere of Mars, the warriors. Their souls are holding up a shape of a cross and these souls have fought and given their lives for the faith, including many heroes from the crusades.

In sphere sox, the Sphere of Jupiter, the souls of just rulers make up the shape of an eagle, telling Dante about the importance of divine justice.

The seventh is the Sphere of Saturn, those who lived their lives in prayer and contemplation. These souls are angry, angry at the current state of the church and corruption inside it. Dante used this section to express his discontent with the church of the time.

The eighth sphere is called the Fixed Stars, which exists in the constellation of Gemini, as this is almost his final destination, so he's able to look back and see Earth in this distance. Dante meets the greatest saints to exist here, including the Virgin Mary and the apostles.

The last sphere is called Primum Mobile and it's the last physical stop on his adventure. We see nine order of angels surrounding God, all appearing as bright lights and energy. Beatrice recounts story of creation here, how God put everything into existence. We enter the last realm, beyond physical existence, called the Empyrean. Dante sees the shape of a rose, but it represents all divine love, and heaven as he just experienced exists inside this flower. Dante also sees God and describes it as best as he could, as three overlapping circles to represent the holy trinity.

The poem comes to an end as Dante gives up on trying to describe it, not having the words or the thoughts to understand what he saw there. He says "That was not a flight for my wings." The poem ends.