Dante is 35 years old and has strayed from the True Way into the Dark Woods of Error, arriving at the bottom of the Mount of Joy. He feels disappointed in himself for not living the True Way. He is writing this book to demonstrate God's grace. In the book, Dante encounters a Leopard, Lion, and She-Wolf. He already knows Virgil because Virgil was a poet. Virgil advises Dante that he must descend into Hell before he can succeed and get past the beasts. Virgil mentions that a Greyhound must come to kill the She-Wolf for her to return to Hell. Virgil must entrust Dante to someone else for the final part of the journey
Dante is 35 years old and has strayed from the True Way into the Dark Woods of Error, arriving at the bottom of the Mount of Joy. He feels disappointed in himself for not living the True Way. He is writing this book to demonstrate God's grace. In the book, Dante encounters a Leopard, Lion, and She-Wolf. He already knows Virgil because Virgil was a poet. Virgil advises Dante that he must descend into Hell before he can succeed and get past the beasts. Virgil mentions that a Greyhound must come to kill the She-Wolf for her to return to Hell. Virgil must entrust Dante to someone else for the final part of the journey
Dante is 35 years old and has strayed from the True Way into the Dark Woods of Error, arriving at the bottom of the Mount of Joy. He feels disappointed in himself for not living the True Way. He is writing this book to demonstrate God's grace. In the book, Dante encounters a Leopard, Lion, and She-Wolf. He already knows Virgil because Virgil was a poet. Virgil advises Dante that he must descend into Hell before he can succeed and get past the beasts. Virgil mentions that a Greyhound must come to kill the She-Wolf for her to return to Hell. Virgil must entrust Dante to someone else for the final part of the journey
Line 1 states that Dante is halfway through his alloAed threescore years and ten, so he is 35 years old.
Where is he? In lines 15-16, it is menHoned that Dante is at the boAom of The Mount of Joy.
Why/How did he arrive there?
In lines 1-3, Dante realizes he has strayed from the True Way into the Dark Woods of Error.
How did he feel?
Dante feels disappointed in himself for not living the True Way. (Line 12)
Why is he wriHng this book?
Dante is wriHng this book to demonstrate Gods grace. (Lines 8-9)
What three animals does Dante
encounter? Dante encounters a Leopard (line 33), a Lion (line 44), and a She-Wolf (line 48).
How does Dante already know Virgil?
Dante already knows Virgil because he was a poet. Virgil represents Dantes human reason. (Lines 67-70)
What advice does Virgil give to Dante?
Virgil tells Dante that before he can achieve success and make it past the beasts, he must descend into Hell. (Lines 106-126)
What is the animal Virgil menHons? What
purpose will the coming of this animal fulll? Virgil menHons that a Greyhound must come to kill the She-Wolf, and that is the only way the She-Wolf will return to hell. (Lines 95-103)
Why must Virgil entrust Dante to someone
else for the 3rd part of the journey? He must do this because Virgil himself is not worthy, since he acted against God. (Lines 118-120)