tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79225002123615040082012-02-09T04:35:17.585-07:00Post two entries on the weblog each week, with your own ideas and reactions to Dante's Inferno or your responses to another student's entry. Always include your screen name in your posting. For an original posting, include the quotation from The Inferno with its canto and line numbers at the beginning of your remarks. For a response, include the other student's screen name, and the date and time of their comment.Kris Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16729674619837306018noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922500212361504008.post-84395290593222941402008-02-27T14:52:00.000-07:002008-02-27T14:53:07.470-07:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7922500212361504008-8439529059322294140?l=infernoweblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kris Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16729674619837306018noreply@blogger.com446tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922500212361504008.post-15257053218606609422008-02-27T14:28:00.000-07:002008-02-27T14:29:33.366-07:00Onaeo<br />In response to Chavez (3/27 1:26pm): good question. Virgil is supposed to represent human reason, and maybe to Dante, human reason is a powerfull thing; thats why Virgil was sent to guide Dante though hell, (This is in the introduction to Canto 1). Plus, of course, Virgil has divine aid from the goddess Beatrice. Possibly, because Virgil is only in the first level of hell, he isn't as restricted by 'gods wrath' or whatever hell could be called, so he has more of an opportunity to achieve power, et cetera.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7922500212361504008-1525705321860660942?l=infernoweblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kris Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16729674619837306018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922500212361504008.post-68675417971955079452008-02-27T14:20:00.000-07:002008-02-27T14:24:38.183-07:00Ding Chavez<br />{ORIGINAL} "I am one of these." (Canto IV line-39) Virgil tells Dante that he is one of the un-baptised souls damned to hell...This is kindof wierd, I don't really understand how he bacame so powerful if he is supposed to be in hell? He instead guards the gates to heaven, however it works I thought it was interesting that he isn't as perfect as you would assume from reading about him. Soon after Virgil tells this to Dante, he thinks about how unfair this system is...which seems true to me. "I thought how many worthy souls there were suspended in that limbo, and a weight closed on my heart for what the noblest suffer."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7922500212361504008-6867541797195507945?l=infernoweblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Kris Tullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16729674619837306018noreply@blogger.com