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.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canto
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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”
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“Galeotto fu ’l libro e chi lo scrisse” ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Dante (character)
NERFINISHED
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Francesca da Rimini NERFINISHED ⓘ Minos NERFINISHED ⓘ Paolo Malatesta NERFINISHED ⓘ Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresMythologicalFigure |
Achilles
NERFINISHED
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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
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Inferno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork | 5 ⓘ |
| primarySinCategory | incontinence GENERATED ⓘ |
| referencesWork | Lancelot and Guinevere romance ⓘ |
| setting | Second Circle of Hell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Dante scholarship
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medieval literature courses ⓘ |
| theme |
courtly love
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fate and free will ⓘ lust ⓘ power of literature ⓘ sin and punishment ⓘ |
| workLocation | within first cantica of the Divine Comedy ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.