Danteworlds: A Reader's Guide to the Inferno
general article writing
Description
Please choose one of the following questions, and post your response of a
minimum of 150 words. Provide references at the end.
1) Go Danteworlds and read to find an area, and discuss one of Dante's
circles of the Inferno or Purgatorio. Discuss briefly (one or two sentences)
what kind of sin is there and what is the punishment or penance. Is it an
appropriate setup? Do you feel it is too harsh or too lenient, and explain
why? How would you change it to fit your answer, and fit the modern time?
(Now, I understand that people can get creative, so please make sure to keep
your language proper, and your responses relevant. Also, keep your replies
respectful.
Or
2) Visit the Lorenzo Ghiberti website (go to the next page on Brunelleschi as
well) and read up on the rivalry between Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo
Brunelleschi. The rivalry was born regarding the competition over the
decorative bronze doors on the Florentine Baptistery and how each of them
conducted themselves in this competition. Was Ghiberti being an intelligent
competitor, or dishonest? Did Brunelleschi overreact or was his reaction
appropriate? Choose one of these two artists and support how your chosen
artist acted in this competition as being the right way to act. If you do not
agree with how either acted in this competition, please describe how you
would have approached this competition if you were one of the artists?
