extra credit: Reading notes: Dantes Inferno: part B

The inferno 

 Image by di Fruosino

These are a few notes to help me keep track:
The seventh level is violence all kinds whether acts of violence, self violence(suicide), or violence towards god.
The eighth level is full of liars and schemers. To make sure I understood I looked it up and it the level of fraud. Dante reached this level on the back of Greyon (a creature)
From the looks of it the ninth level of hell is treachery and contains Satan himself


I will write the last two parts of my stories using these final 3 levels of hell with some leeway. I may go back and rethink the way I want to set the story up. I think I will make the final level of hell its own story for it contains treachery and Satan making those who committed the greatest treacheries suffer the most. And I may have the eighth and seventh level together. The thing I may have to do is skip a level or two such as purgatory and gluttony level 3. I would mention them but I don't see the best way to fit them into the story. I know I will not stick with many of the original creatures to make the story my own but I also can not include every detailed areas from the original story for it would make it too long. I will put my own modern twists on the features of hell but keep to the original sins that got people there such as lust greed and so on.But with each levels sin I will add modern people who would be there and the modern ways of committing these sins. I will also add creatures of my own for the sins. i want to keep Cerberus in the mention of level 3. So to tally up, I will start my journey, mention the purgatory and traveling through it, then I will describe lust level which is level 2, and mention gluttony because I believe level 3 is just a subcategory of level 4 which is greed and would be described in detail next. These will be the first story. The second will contain detail on level 5 and 6 which are anger or wrath then heretic. The third story will contain levels 7 and 8 which are violence then fraud. To end I will discuss the ninth level which is treachery which contains Satan himself for betraying god.

Bibliography: Dante's Divine Comedy, translated by Tony Kline

topic research

For my project I have decide to write my own version of Dante's inferno but with me visiting instead of Dante. I want to break down the inferno into 4 part. The project takes 4 parts so I will give my break Down here.

I will first start with the introduction of who will guide me through the inferno and travel the first 4 levels of the inferno. I will give my own modern touch of the inferno and the sins that got people to those levels. I will also include modern people in those parts and their sins.

I will then write the second part about the travels I will face in the 5th and 6th levels of hell. The same modern touch will apply.

For the first two parts I have written down details of what i want to do for the first two parts in my reading extra credit notes for week three.

For the final two parts I will cover the remaining 4 levels of hell with the same idea of modernism in mind. When I read the second half of the Dante’s inferno unit, I will have written ideas for these parts.

source information: Dante's Inferno Unit

The Inferno

link: Sandro Botticelli

extra credit: Reading notes: Dantes Inferno: part A

  Dante in the inferno 

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Simple notes to help me keep track (useful to me):

Dante's starts in purgatory

Moves on to level 2 which is lust

The 3rd level contained Cerberus the 3 headed dog and gluttony aka light greed

The 4th level is greed

The 5th level is anger and wrath

The 6th level is hertics or those who follow faith wrong the city of dis

I have just finished reading Dante's Inferno part A. These notes will be based on the project I have chosen to do. The story start off with Dante in a Forest trying to ascend to heaven up a mountain from what I understood. He find the path impossible so he stay where he is at until virgil comes along to show him there is another way and to follow him. He leads dante to the entrance of hell and will guide him through. I would change my guide to a jewish person for it has great biblical irony for in the jewish faith one does not believe in hell. I not sure because i do not want to offend by doing this. I would write my first part of my story to include the first 4 levels of hell. I would start of with a quick intro to purgatory for there is not a whole to lot to say. I would say a lot for the 2nd level which is lust. For the 3rd and 4th level intertwine the two for they are so similar. I would hit a 2 for one. I would write these in a way for modern audiences to understand with what modern sin would have you in that level and name some modern people who are there. I would also put a twist on the punishment for the people in these places. The second part of my story would include the 5th and 6th levels of hell for their are many things that I could write about in modern day to be a part of these levels of hell and many people who could be used as examples of those who dwell on those levels. Putting the modern twist on punishment and people would be the goal to make the story my own.

bibliography: Dante's Divine Comedy, translated by Tony Kline

Topic Brainstorm

This post is based on the thought that I want to write my project based on a portfolio.

Subject 1: Death 

I would like to write a story based on death. I have always found the idea of the mythical figure of death to be interesting. I know death can be described in many ways and even be replaced when death believes it's time to die. I have read stories about death and what it does in the past and would love to make one with my own twist. 

link to stories of death by another student.

Subject 2:  Dante's inferno 

I have always found the subjects based on Dante's inferno to be fascinating. Though I have never read the original book The Divine Comedy, I have read many shorten versions of the stories about Dante's descent into hell. I have always loved how the level of hell are described and why people are there. I would love to maybe make a story about where people who commit modern sins would land in hell and have a character do his own descent to see their punishments.

link to site for information on Dante's Inferno 

Subject 3: Grimm's tale

The Grimm brother fairy tales have always interested me. They are not your typical Disney fairy tales with a happy ending. I know the original tales are very old and very dark at times. Also when I was younger my father used to read to me out of a Grimm's fairy tale book. I would love to put my own twist on a Grimm's tale. 

link to information for Grimm Fairy Tales

Subject 4: Dragons 

I have always found the subject of dragons to be fascinating. I know there are lots of dragon fairy tales with different plots and twist to them. I would love to find some good dragon fairy tales and rewrite one with a twist of my own.

link to dragon information

dragon

Illustration of a winged, fire-breathing dragon by Friedrich Justin Bertuch from 1806: link