Inferno, Canto V

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Inferno, Canto V is the fifth canto of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, depicting the circle of the lustful in Hell and featuring the tragic lovers Paolo and Francesca.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canto
literary work section
author Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED
chronologyWithinInferno early descent through upper Hell
compositionCentury 14th century
containsEpisode Dante’s swoon at the end of the canto
catalogue of famous lovers
dialogue with Francesca da Rimini
encounter with Minos as infernal judge
countryOfOrigin Italy
depicts circle of the lustful
describesPunishment souls swept forever in a violent storm
famousLine “Amor, ch’al cor gentil ratto s’apprende”
“Galeotto fu ’l libro e chi lo scrisse”
featuresCharacter Dante (character) NERFINISHED
Francesca da Rimini NERFINISHED
Minos NERFINISHED
Paolo Malatesta NERFINISHED
Virgil NERFINISHED
featuresMythologicalFigure Achilles NERFINISHED
Cleopatra NERFINISHED
Helen of Troy NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
Tristan NERFINISHED
guardianOfCircle Minos NERFINISHED
influenced later depictions of tragic lovers in European literature
language Italian
literaryForm narrative poetry
literaryPeriod Italian Middle Ages NERFINISHED
meter terza rima
moralConcept contrapasso
narrativePerspective first person
numberOfLines 142
originalLanguage Tuscan Italian
partOf Divine Comedy NERFINISHED
Inferno NERFINISHED
positionInWork 5
primarySinCategory incontinence GENERATED
referencesWork Lancelot and Guinevere romance
setting Second Circle of Hell NERFINISHED
studiedIn Dante scholarship
medieval literature courses
theme courtly love
fate and free will
lust
power of literature
sin and punishment
workLocation within first cantica of the Divine Comedy

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