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17 November 200917 November 2009

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• Dante Awakens (1-2)Dante Awakens (1-2)– Knew Paolo and FrancescaKnew Paolo and Francesca– Affected by SympathyAffected by Sympathy– Values LoveValues Love

• Lust and GluttonyLust and Gluttony– Temptation / Instincts / ControlTemptation / Instincts / Control– Appetites for Positive ThingsAppetites for Positive Things– Biblical EncountersBiblical Encounters

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• Third Circle: Gluttony (7-12)Third Circle: Gluttony (7-12)– Garbage Dump / Slush / CerberusGarbage Dump / Slush / Cerberus– Freeze Your HeartFreeze Your Heart– Waste ProductionWaste Production– Insubstantial Souls (34-36)Insubstantial Souls (34-36)– Can’t Escape AppetiteCan’t Escape Appetite

• Lessons: Over-consumption doesn’t Lessons: Over-consumption doesn’t pay; don’t trade people for pay; don’t trade people for pleasures; never be forgotten, never pleasures; never be forgotten, never lose homelose home

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• Cerberus (15-18, 22-33)Cerberus (15-18, 22-33)– Three Heads (At Least Two Canine)Three Heads (At Least Two Canine)– Animal With Human CharacteristicsAnimal With Human Characteristics– Consumption Makes You ThoughtlessConsumption Makes You Thoughtless– Represents Insatiability (Shades of She-Represents Insatiability (Shades of She-

Wolf)Wolf)

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• Ciacco (38-54) Ciacco (38-54) – Friendly but FlawedFriendly but Flawed– You Should Know FlorentinesYou Should Know Florentines– Consumed by His SinConsumed by His Sin– Don’t Forget Me (85-87)Don’t Forget Me (85-87)– Prophecy: Dante’s Past (61-72)Prophecy: Dante’s Past (61-72)

• Judgment: No Time, No Future (103-Judgment: No Time, No Future (103-110)110)– Nothing Interrupts SufferingNothing Interrupts Suffering

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• Fourth Circle: Avarice and Prodigality Fourth Circle: Avarice and Prodigality (Hoarding and Wasting)(Hoarding and Wasting)– Pushing Dead WeightPushing Dead Weight– Different Sin, Same SpectrumDifferent Sin, Same Spectrum– Mortgaged Connection to HumanityMortgaged Connection to Humanity– Dante: Accused of GraftDante: Accused of Graft

• Lesson: Stand up to corruption; Lesson: Stand up to corruption; concentrate on the good and permanent; concentrate on the good and permanent; powerful forces work in mysterious wayspowerful forces work in mysterious ways

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• Plutus: Power + Wealth (“The Great Plutus: Power + Wealth (“The Great Enemy)Enemy)– Human with Animal CharacteristicsHuman with Animal Characteristics– Good (with Courage) Overcomes EvilGood (with Courage) Overcomes Evil

• Fortune is the DistributorFortune is the Distributor– Unknowable to ManUnknowable to Man– Boethius: Ignore Her!Boethius: Ignore Her!– Malign vs. BenignMalign vs. Benign

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• Fifth Circle: Wrath and SullennessFifth Circle: Wrath and Sullenness– Different Spectrum, Different Different Spectrum, Different

PunishmentPunishment– Never-Ending Battle: Florence!Never-Ending Battle: Florence!– Dirty Water OverheadDirty Water Overhead– The Gargled HymnThe Gargled Hymn

• Lessons: Celebrate the gifts you’re Lessons: Celebrate the gifts you’re given; anger leaves you broken and given; anger leaves you broken and lonely in the end; what’s worth lonely in the end; what’s worth fighting for?fighting for?

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• Styx as SwampStyx as Swamp– Whole Fifth CircleWhole Fifth Circle– Border Between Dis / Upper HellBorder Between Dis / Upper Hell

• Phlegyas: Wrathful in Circle 5Phlegyas: Wrathful in Circle 5– Disrespect the GodsDisrespect the Gods– Inflexible CodesInflexible Codes

• Filippo Argenti: Renounce SinFilippo Argenti: Renounce Sin• Rebellious Angels: Fall from Grace, Rebellious Angels: Fall from Grace,

Changing FaceChanging Face• Stuck At the GateStuck At the Gate

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• Dis: Wall Around the BowlDis: Wall Around the Bowl• Lower Hell: Circles 6, 7, 8, 9Lower Hell: Circles 6, 7, 8, 9• Lessons: Love makes us go; live for Lessons: Love makes us go; live for

more than what’s in front of you; more than what’s in front of you; take a stand when the world is wrongtake a stand when the world is wrong

• Medusa: Snakes and StoneMedusa: Snakes and Stone– Perseus and the ShieldPerseus and the Shield

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• Furies Through the GateFuries Through the Gate– Torn and BloodyTorn and Bloody– Beast and Human, Pick Your SinBeast and Human, Pick Your Sin– AvengersAvengers– Thoughts, Deeds, WordsThoughts, Deeds, Words

• Heavenly MessengerHeavenly Messenger– Cross the Water, Wave a WandCross the Water, Wave a Wand– Epic Fail Part IIEpic Fail Part II

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• Heresy in Circle 6Heresy in Circle 6– Stone and FireStone and Fire– To Deny ImmortalityTo Deny Immortality– Living DeathLiving Death

• Epicurus and Heretical PleasureEpicurus and Heretical Pleasure– Peace, Passion, Painless LivingPeace, Passion, Painless Living– Live Well: One ShotLive Well: One Shot

• Theseus and HerculesTheseus and Hercules– Mortals in the UnderworldMortals in the Underworld

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• ErichthoErichtho– Sorceress, Souls, and Yo-YosSorceress, Souls, and Yo-Yos– Virgil is MagicVirgil is Magic

• Farinata degli UbertiFarinata degli Uberti– Great GhibellineGreat Ghibelline– Don’t Burn the City (or Me)Don’t Burn the City (or Me)– ““Good Blood”: Respect HonorGood Blood”: Respect Honor

• Cavalcante dei CavalcantiCavalcante dei Cavalcanti– Awkward ConfusionAwkward Confusion– Family and PoliticsFamily and Politics

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• Guido CavalcantiGuido Cavalcanti– Love is Dark (Heresy!)Love is Dark (Heresy!)– Dante’s First Friend Dante’s First Friend – Banished and DeadBanished and Dead

• Frederick IIFrederick II– Holy Roman EmperorHoly Roman Emperor– Uber-Court and Sicilian SchoolUber-Court and Sicilian School– Dante Elevates ItalianDante Elevates Italian

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• Stopped at the EdgeStopped at the Edge– Steel Yourself for UglinessSteel Yourself for Ugliness

• Rockslide of DeathRockslide of Death• Anastasius and PhotinusAnastasius and Photinus

– Heretical TeachingsHeretical Teachings

• That’s All!That’s All!