Collective Notes for Dante's Inferno

I did not take full summary notes, it is best to check the back of each Canto for the meaning of things or Sparknotes. 

THINGS MENTIONED IN CLASS:

-There are 3 Dantes... the characters, the future narrator and the writer. The character Dante tends to be more sympathetic/wishy washy. [Mentioned in Cantos XIII]

[XIV]:

"The left leg of the statue, made of iron, can be seen to represent the Roman Empire, strong and willfully led, while the right leg, made of clay, could be the Catholic Church—cracked by its corruption."

-Sparknotes 

[XX]: Passion is a human emotion, God is not supposed to be "human"

[XXIII]:
-Alchemy [using lead as gold]
-counterfeit - golden cloaks [beauty outside, but weighed down on the inside]

[XXIV]:
Beginning:
-Snow's sister
Aquarius= January

[XXXIII]:
-Dante does not fulfill promise in scarping the ice off for the sinner. [fraud?]

[XXXIV]:
Satan has three heads= alludes to the Holy Trinity


-after reaching the center of gravity- it seems as though they're going back down when flying up [they must go "down" in order to go up]

-Dante is either is more prophetic than he thinks, or he's super confident [thinks he can make it amongst the best poets]
  -TRUE: Two best ones are: Homer and Dante