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Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Magic and Technology Conceptual Intersections

In five pages the ways in which magic and technology concepts intersect throughout the allegory along with their connections and d...

Othello by William Shakespeare, 'Inferno' by Dante and Dying for Love

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Desdemona's submissiveness and Francesca's defense of her adulterous behavior are compared from a...

'Inferno' by Dante and Contrapasso

crime. Several rings down, Dante and Virgil arrive at a somewhat darker cluster, that of Violent Crimes. This ring is epitomized ...

'Inferno' by Dante Alighieri and 9th U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky

In five pages this paper considers how to relate Pinsky's concepts to 'Inferno' based upon an April 1995 Atlantic Monthly online d...

'The Inferno' by Dante and the Character of Francesca da Rimini

In five pages this paper examines the significance of Francesa da Rimini and the sympathy she inspires because of the afterlife in...

Marie de France by Dante

In three pages this essay considers how the passion Marie de France and her lover share is compared with her contention God suppor...

Dante, the Inferno, and the Question of Gender

human existence that it informs all aspects of society. This paper considers the way Dante portrays gender concepts of masculinity...

Hell: A Personal Vision of Hell as Inspired by Dante

This inscription is only a introduction to all that awaits those that enter the gates of Hell and who therefore fail to achieve th...

Dante Alighieri's Inferno and Medieval Cities

and Hollander 161). Dante comments to Virgil that the mosques inside the city can clearly be seen. The translators also comment th...

Imagery and Symbolism in The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

function as one interfused mass of automatism" (Williams 3). This is a setting that exists perhaps in every large city in the na...

Symbolism in the Love Poetry of William Butler Yeats

in form and lessened in abstraction. Yeatss once short, rhyming poems transformed into more lengthy poems that were less concerne...

Greek Literature and Blindness Symbolism

other senses. Might the lack of sight signify a heightened sense of smell or taste? The list goes on and on about special attachme...

Symbolism in 'A Wizard of Earthsea'

idea of Equilibrium and warned not to do anything until he knows what the effect of his action will be: "... you must not change ...

Snake Symbolism in 'Sweat' by Zora Neale Hurston

her we see this as representative of the Devil, but the Devil will, as Delia suggested, is going to make sure Sykes got what was c...

David Pinter's The Dumb Waiter and Symbolism

1/3 that is white. Another symbol that involves Gus is the window. Gus is always asking questions and seeking something ne...

Symbolism and Allegory in “Young Goodman Brown”

the Puritan faith within the story. One author notes that, "Puritan doctrine taught that all men are totally depraved and require ...

Savagery and Christian Symbolism in "Lord of the Flies"

from the Garden of Eden. The novel is "structured in two parts, each beginning with an air battle followed by an exploration of th...

Color Symbolism in "Heart of Darkness"

"color meaning" website lists exactly these same colors: red, blue, green, orange and purple, plus black and white, as the ones it...

Symbolism in Great Gatsby & Animal Dreams

retinas are one yard high" (Fitzgerald 15). The student researching this topic will note that there are divergences from the stu...

Religious Symbolism in Hurston’s “Sweat”

cultures," and is always a figure of evil (Champion). Delia is busy working, when she is frightened out of her wits: "Just then so...

Animal and Bird Symbolism in “A Doll’s House”

he reminds her that that is still several months in the future (Ibsen). Her response is to suggest that they borrow what they need...

Tree Symbolism in “A Separate Peace”

standing there to resemble those men, the giants of your childhood, whom you encounter years later and find that they are not mere...

Symbolism and Imagery in The Glass Menagerie

hopefully connect with the real world enough so that he is not mired in the dysfunctional and fantasy world that his mother and li...

Symbolism in Faulkner and Mansfield and an Analysis of Poetry

(Faulkner). In the story of Miss Brill one does not see her as a tradition of the people, a sort of monument to an Old South bec...

Symbolism in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

/ Arrayed of the Round Table rightful brothers ... / the feast was in force full fifteen days" (37-39, 44). They are celebrating t...

Rain Symbolism in "A Farewell to Arms"

choked with it, so that they die and fall early. This of course is an extended metaphor for the men themselves, who will also die ...

Symbolism in "The Great Gatsby"

so pervades The Great Gatsby that Fitzgeralds true achievement was to appropriate American legend."1 The book gives us both romanc...

Symbolism in Belle Epoch Literature

these regards, who states that "this was a time in which writers and artists were intensely involved in exploring contemporary soc...

Symbolism In the Terze Rime of Veronica Franco

freedom and lack of subornation to men that was facilitated by her position as a courtesan (Adler, 1988). The symbols are both d...

Symbolism and Henrik Ibsen

Rosmer, haunts them. Both characters, as noted, feel they are the cause of the suicide of Mrs. Rosmer and by the end of the story...