Dante's 'Inferno' --Applied Essay / Hell in the Twentieth Century
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A 5 page speculative paper updating Dante's Divine Comedy to the twentieth century, and choosing three 20th well-known century figures to represent each of three of Dante's levels of Hell -- Incontinence, Violence, and Fraud. The paper also assigns an appropriate punishment to each, based on the sin committed. No sources except book.
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Paper Title: Dante's 'Inferno' --Applied Essay / Hell in the Twentieth Century

Dante's 'Inferno' / Applications to Life
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This 8 page paper discusses how Dante's The Inferno depicts real life specific to the recovering alcoholic. It compares the process of admitting to alcoholism, deciding to journey outside the boundaries of the familiar, confronting the beasts of a previous lifestyle, choosing a guide, giving their life and will over to a power greater then themselves and making the journey of honest and fearless self-examination with the story of Dante's journey through the Inferno with the help and guidance of Virgil.Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Paper Title: Dante's 'Inferno' / Applications to Life

Dante's 'Inferno' / Cantos I - XI
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8 pages in length. Broken down into sections, the writer reviews & analyzes each of The Inferno's first 11 cantos.
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Paper Title: Dante's 'Inferno' / Cantos I - XI

Dante's 'Inferno' / Cantos XIII - XXIV
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8 pages in length. Broken down into sections, the writer reviews & analyzes Inferno, Cantos 11-24.
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Paper Title: Dante's 'Inferno' / Cantos XIII - XXIV

Dante's 'Inferno' / Role of Women
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A 2 page paper looking at the fact that women's sins as depicted by Dante tend to be overwhelmingly of a sexual nature as compared to men's. The paper concludes that this may be because women in Dante's time were considered to have a limited sphere of influence, and their role was seen as primarily procreative. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Paper Title: Dante's 'Inferno' / Role of Women

Dante's 'Inferno' / The Characterization Of Dante In His Own Divine Comedy
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A 6 page paper dealing with the question of why Dante chose to use himself as the protagonist, and shows how the four levels of meaning in the story all come together in the characterization of Dante. Bibliography lists five sources.
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Paper Title: Dante's 'Inferno' / The Characterization Of Dante In His Own Divine Comedy

Dante's 'Inferno' / The Divine Comedy -- Characterization Of Beatrice
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A 6 page paper discussing the most famous epic poem of the Middle Ages, The Divine Comedy by Dante. The paper answers the question of why Dante chose to use his departed beloved as the central female figure of the poem, and shows how the four levels of meaning in the story all come together in the characterization of Beatrice. Bibliography lists five sources.
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Paper Title: Dante's 'Inferno' / The Divine Comedy -- Characterization Of Beatrice

Dante's 'Inferno'/ Canto XII Analyzed
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This 6 page research paper analyzes the punishment of the tyrants and murderers in the seventh circle, where the punishment of violent sinners takes place. Specifically discussed is why the crime of murder is considered less of a sin according to Dante's ascending circles to Hell than it is perceived today. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Paper Title: Dante's 'Inferno'/ Canto XII Analyzed

Dante's 'Marie de France' & The Character's Belief That God Is On Her Side
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A 3 page essay discussing Marie de France and her lover's passion and her assertion that God must be on their side. The writer illustrates how this attitude expresses the conflict between love and 'Christian values' in the story. No additional sources cited.
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Paper Title: Dante's 'Marie de France' & The Character's Belief That God Is On Her Side

Dante's Inferno and Plato's 'Symposium'
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A 4 page paper about these two masterpieces. The writer explores the issue of love, and what that means to each of these 2 writers. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Paper Title: Dante's Inferno and Plato's 'Symposium'