Canto I-III

Rayna Zhong

How old is Dante?

Dante is 70 years old.

Midway in his allotted threescore years and ten (Alighieri 1)

Where is he?

He is in the True Way into the Dark Wood of Error.

Dante comes to himself with a start and realizes that he has
strayed from the True Way into the Dark Wood of
Error(Worldliness)(Alighieri 1)

Why/how did he arrive there?

He did not remember why he came to this place because he

was so drugged and loose with sleep.
How I came to it I cannot rightly say, so drugged and loose
with sleep had I become when I first wandered there from the
True Way (Alighieri 4)

How did he feel?

He felt really memory.

Its very memory gives a shape of fear(Alighieri 4)

Why is he writing this book?

Because he thinks it is an honor for him to write a poem.

Glory and light of poets! (Alighieri 6)

What three animals does

Dante encounter?

The LEOPARD OF MALICE AND FRAUD, THE LION OF VIOLENCE

AND AMBITION, and THE SHE-WOLF OF INCINTINENCE AND
AMBITION.
but almost immediately his way is blocked by the Three
Beasts of Worldliness: The LEOPARD OF MALICE AND FRAUD,
THE LION OF VIOLENCE AND AMBITION, and THE SHE-WOLF OF
INCINTINENCE AND AMBITION (Alighieri 1)

How does Dante already

knowVirgil?
Because Dante used to write the poem and he wrote about
Virgil.
I was a poet and sang of old Anchisess noble son who came
to Rome after the burning of Troy(Alighieri 6)

What advice does Virgil give

to Dante?

Virgil gave Dante a worthier spirit.

If it is still your wish to climb, a worthier spirit shall be sent to
guide you (Alighieri 7)

What is the animal Virgil mentions? What purpose

will the coming of this animal fulfill?

She-Wolf, and it means inconitnence.

THE SHE-WOLF OF INCONTINENCE(Alighieri 1)

Why must Virgil entrust Dante to someone else for

the third part of the journey?

Because Human Reason is self- limited.

Another guide (BEATRICE, symbol of DIVINE LOVE) must take
over for the final ascent, for Human Reason is selflimited(Alighieri 1)