INFERNO Assignments for Research Paper

CANTO / SIN/SUMMARY / LOCATION / 5th PERIOD / 6th PERIOD
Self-Indulgent / Canto VI (6) / Gluttony / CIRCLE 3 / Kenney / King
Canto VII (7) / Greed / CIRCLE 4 / Jackson / Parker
Canto VII-IX
(7-9) / Wrath & City of DIS / CIRCLE 5 / Al Akash / Johnson
Canto X (10) / hERESY / CIRCLE SIX / Durer / Pham, Wallace
Violence
Canto XI – XII
(11- 12) / VIOLENCE AGAINST OTHERS: Murder / CIRCLE SEVEN
Round 1 / Villarreal / Schoenberg
Canto XIII (13) / VIOLENCE AGAINST SELF: SUICIDE / CIRCLE SEVEN
Round 2 / Young / Jackson
Canto XIV (14) / VOILENCE AGAINST NATURE: Blasphemy / CIRCLE SEVEN
Round 3 / Conaway / Owen
Canto XV-XI (15-16) / VOILENCE AGAINST NATURE: Sodomy / CIRCLE SEVEN
Round 3
CIRCLE SEVEN
Round 4
Canto XVII(17) / VOILENCE AGAINST NATURE: Usury / Whitaker / Cespedes
Canto XVIII (18) / Pimping & SedUCING / CIRCLE EIGHT
Bolgia One / Davis / Perkinson
FRAUD / Canto XVIII (18) / Flattery / CIRCLE EIGHT
Bolgia One/Two / Carroll / Halpin
Canto XIX(19) / Simony / CIRCLE EIGHT Bolgia Three / Purnell / Ott, Taylor
Canto XX (20) / Sorcery / CIRCLE EIGHT
Bolgia Four / Biava / Oest, Taha
Canto XXI-XXIII (21-23) / Political Corruption / CIRCLE EIGHT
Bolgia Five / Grube / Ippolito
Canto
XXIII (23) / Hypocrisy / CIRCLE EIGHT
Bolgia Six / Willis / Batcha
Canto XXIV-XXV (24-25) / Theft / CIRCLE EIGHT
Bolgia Seven / Lawrence / Ramirez
Canto XXVI-XXVII (26-27) / Rhetoric / CIRCLE EIGHT
Bolgia Eight / Crum / Dahl
Canto XXVIII (28) / Divisiveness / CIRCLE EIGHT
Bolgia Nine / Reid / Nichols
Canto XXIX- XXX (29-30) / Falsification / CIRCLE EIGHT
Bolgia Ten / Butler / Sarvis
Canto XXXI (31) / CENTRAL PIT OF THE MALEBOLGE
Canto XXXII (32) / TREACHERY AGAINST KIN
Caina - / CIRCLE NINE
ROUND ONE / Phanhthy / Bibbs
CantoXXXII-XXXIII (32-33) / TREACHERY AGAINST COUNTRY
AntenorA- / CIRCLE NINE
ROUND TWO / Selke / Kohlman
Canto XXXIII (33) / TREACHERY AGAINST GUESTS
Ptolomea- / CIRCLE NINE
ROUND THREE / Hall
Canto XXXIV
(34) / TREACHERY AGAINST MASTERS
JudeccA- / CIRCLE NINE
ROUND FOUR / Rimal

Dante’s Inferno Research Paper Breakdown

Directions: Students will write a multipart research paper on their assigned Canto. The paper will consist of the five subsections detailed below. The paper will be properly formatted using the MLA standard. Papers missing a subsection or not properly formatted will not be accepted for grading. Papers will continue to accrue late penalties until the proper corrections are made.

Required Subsections -

1. Summary/Details of the Journey = mythological creatures that “work” in Hell, geography of Hell, Dante-Pilgrim’s journey/growth, and other philosophy/discussions between Dante and Virgil.

2. Contrapasso = An explanation of the sinners’ punishment and how it adheres to the concept of contrapasso. For example, because sinners did (not) ___ in Life then sinners do (not) ___ in Hell

3. Notable figures/icons =

4. Symbols/Allusions =

5. Archetypal Themes=

Research should done using the links at www.InfernoUnit.pbworks.com . Any other website must be approved by Mr. Bull prior to its use.

***ALL RESEARCH MUST BE DOCUMENTED ON THE WORKS CITED PAGE***

DUE DATE – FEBRUARY 22th

**Ten points will be deducted for each day the paper is late**