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    Dante finds himself lost in a dark wood at age 35. He is afraid, bewildered, and alone. He wrote The Divine Comedy to educate others about the afterlife and consequences of sin. In the wood, he encounters three beasts: a leopard, lion, and starving she-wolf. Dante already knows and admires Virgil from his writings. Virgil advises Dante that to be set right, he must pass through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Virgil mentions a greyhound will impend death on the she-wolf. However, Virgil cannot guide Dante for the entire journey as God forbids it due to Virgil's rebellion against divine law.

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    Dante finds himself lost in a dark wood at age 35. He is afraid, bewildered, and alone. He wrote The Divine Comedy to educate others about the afterlife and consequences of sin. In the wood, he encounters three beasts: a leopard, lion, and starving she-wolf. Dante already knows and admires Virgil from his writings. Virgil advises Dante that to be set right, he must pass through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Virgil mentions a greyhound will impend death on the she-wolf. However, Virgil cannot guide Dante for the entire journey as God forbids it due to Virgil's rebellion against divine law.

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    CANTO I-III

    BY KELLY VO

    HOW OLD IS DANTE?


    Midway in his allotted threescore years and ten (3).
    35 years old

    WHERE IS HE?

    Dark Wood of Error


    alone in a dark
    wood. How shall I
    say(3).

    WHY/HOW DID HE ARRIVE THERE?


    He did not pay attention on his way
    Get lost (1)

    HOW DID HE FEEL?

    He bewildered and feared of being


    lost, being a lone in darkness and
    encountering the beast (14-15).

    WHY IS HE WRITING THIS BOOK?


    He wrote about the journey to
    lead people know what happened
    in the afterlife and educate about
    religion, life and sin.

    WHAT ARE THREE ANIMALS DOES DANTE


    ENCOUNTER?
    I faced a spotted Leopard, all tremor and flow(33).

    at sight of a great Lion that broke upon me(44).


    a She-Wolf drove upon me, a starved horror(48).

    HOW DOES DANTE ALREADY KNOW VIRGIL?

    Dante knew Virgil


    through reading his
    verses and admired
    him (79-81).

    WHAT ADVICE DOES VIRGIL GIVE TO DANTE?


    To get a right path, Dante has to travel through: (89-90)

    Hell

    Purgatory

    Heaven

    WHAT IS THE ANIMAL VIRGIL MENTIONS? WHAT


    PURPOSE WILL THE COMING OF THIS ANIMAL FULFILL?
    Greyhound
    =>Impend death on the She-Wolf (95).

    WHY MUST VIRGIL ENTRUST DANTE TO SOMEONE


    ELSE FOR THE THIRD PART OF THE JOURNEY?
    God forbids him because Virgil rebelled his law (115-119).

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