Talk:Divine Comedy/Archives/2005

Redemptrix? Mediatrix? Dominatrix?

"Beatrice, a redemptrix and mediatrix, [...]"? What do these words mean?

They are feminine forms of "redemptor" and "mediator". Adam Bishop 04:42, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)

...but just the faintest bit pretentious... --Wetman 03:40, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Beatrice, woman or City?

I wikified the mention of Beatrice in the article and I found out on following the link that it links to a city and not to the ideal woman as the article mentions. How to organise this better? Kartheeque 11:33, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Virgil was sent to Dante from Beatrice... Arizona... --Wetman 03:40, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Before the COMMEDIA Dante write TANTO GENTILE E TANTO ONESTA PARE, in this poems he wrote about Beatrice... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.50.182.116 (talk • contribs)

Dante's Inferno

Dante's Inferno is the title of several movies and other works. It is currently a redirect here, to The Divine Comedy, but I think it should be turned into a disambiguation page that includes a link here. -Willmcw 11:04, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Goodness gracious! The disambiguation page should be Dante's Inferno (disambiguation). Dante's Inferno should lead the poor Wikipedia reader here. Anything else exposes us to snickering. What is the reader looking for in entering "Dante's Inferno"? a topless highway restaurant outside Elko, Nevada? --Wetman 03:40, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Illustrations

If the Gustave Doré ("Paul Gustave Doré" is a little owlish) illustrations were identified as to which Canto they illustrate, this stewpot of an entry could be more handsomely formatted. There's a Dover edition someone might have access to... --Wetman 03:40, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Gutenberg has a set of illustrated volumes, the complete file is 35 Mb, but here are links to selected volumes.

Cantos 1-2

Cantos 3-4

Cantos 23-28

Cantos 32-34

Get a full index by searching for Dante Alighieri at http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/search -Wikibob | Talk 21:34, 2005 Mar 6 (UTC)

Devil May Cry

I added this section from here. I wrote it myself, so copyright isn't an issue. I hope you guys like it and consider it worthy of staying here. Anyone who has played Devil May Cry 1 and 3, and read The Divine Comedy can clearly see the similarities. I think this section fits the article since it's kind of interesting trivia.

EliasAlucard|Talk 09:22, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

Bullets

I just bulleted the levels of Inferno, Pergatorio and Paradiso. Is this good? Alex Weeks 22:11, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

No complaints, seems like the right thing to do. Stbalbach 22:19, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Rhyme Scheme

"The verse scheme used, terza rima, is the hendecasyllable (line of eleven syllables), with the lines composing tercets according to the rhyme scheme ABA BCB CDC . . . YZY Z." This sentence is pretty much incomprehensible to non-poets. WOuld it be possible for someone to re-write this in a clearer way? I'll do some digging and see if I can figure it out, which i doubt I can. 8 July 2005 18:55 (UTC)

There really is no good way to simplify this without sounding like one is writing in a "Dick and Jane" style. The author did a dood job of explaining each item, with the possible exception of "tercet", wich merely means groups of three lines. For the rhyme scheme a simplified (but rather undignified) way of explaining it might be:

...play.

...store.

...day.

...more.

...light.

...score.

...fright.

...close.

...right.

...nose.

...path.

...goes.

etc.

Jim62sch 11:29, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Section on the morality of Dante's Hell?

Is there any literature critiquing Dante's concept of justice? If there is, it could be used in a section discussing the philosophical and moral debates over the concept of eternal punishment.--Rob117 03:46, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Justice varies decade to decade.

-G

The repeat paragraph

How are those two paragraphs not repeats? They both talk about the "Neutrals," the Vestibule of Hell, the famous gate, and Charon. Maybe they should be merged into one giant paragraph, but they shouldn't both stay as they are. Thanos6 03:59, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

You are right sorry I didnt read it carefuly enough. Ive done a merge/copyedit, please feel free to improve further, I think it needs it in spots from another perspective. --Stbalbach 04:19, 26 December 2005 (UTC)