Will Trump escape all accountability? Literature weighs in.
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Tag Archives: Inferno
Will Trump Pay? Literature Is Unsure
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The Sexual Politics of Circe-Odysseus
Miller’s novel “Circe” engages with a long tradition of Circe and Odysseus depictions, including those of Homer, Virgil, Euripides, Sophocles, Dante, Tennyson, and Atwood.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Circe, Circe Mud Poems, Euripides, Hecuba, Madeline Miller, Margaret Atwood, Penelopiad, Philoctetes, Sexual Politics, Sophocles, Ulysses Comments closed
Inferno’s Ditch Reserved for Mitch
Republicans enabling Trump in his attempts to subvert the 2020 election have a special place reserved from them in Dante’s Inferno: Circle 8, Bolgia 8.
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Do Not Let Your Anger Drown You
Many Trump supporters are consumed by anger. Dante shows how they construct their own hells in the process.
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Trump as a Gibbering Ice Giant
For those expecting a coherent debate out of Trump tonight, check out the ice giant Nimrod in Dante’s “Inferno.” We can expect the same incoherence from the president.
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The Dark World of the Suicidal
The suicide della Vigna in Dante’s Wood of Suicides is a noble man who, however, has lost touch with God.
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Does Lit Lead to Illicit Sex?
Dante’s beautifully tragic account of Paolo and Francesca captures–as many great works do–the dangers of total absorption in a relationship.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Adultery, Charlotte Bronte, Christopher Marlowe, Dante, Doctor Faustus, Goethe, Jane Eyre, Paolo and Francesca, passionate love, Romeo and Juliet, Samuel Johnson, Sorrows of Young Werther, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, William Shakespeare Comments closed
The Good Place & Dante’s Inferno
The show “The Good Place” provides insight into Dante’s Inferno.
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Trump & Inferno’s 9 Circles–Pick One
If Trump were to be assigned to one of Dante’s nine circles of hell, where would he end up? I set forth the possibilities.