The Inferno Message Board

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Key Literary Elements
• The Author and His Times
• The Poem - The Plot / A Map of Dante's Hell
• An Overview of the Events in The Inferno
• The Characters

Other Elements
• Setting
• Themes
• Symbolism and Allegory
• Language and Style
• Form
• Structure

The Poem - Summaries with Notes
Book I
• Canto I
• Canto II
• Canto III
• Canto IV
• Canto V
• Canto VI
• Canto VII
• Canto VIII
• Canto IX
• Canto X
• Canto XI
• Canto XII
• Canto XIII
• Canto XIV
• Canto XV
• Canto XVI
• Canto XVII
• Canto XVIII
• Canto XIX
• Canto XX
• Canto XXI
• Canto XXII
• Canto XXIII
• Canto XXIV
• Canto XXV
• Canto XXVI
• Canto XXVII
• Canto XXVIII
• Canto XXIX
• Canto XXX
• Canto XXXI
• Canto XXXII
• Canto XXXIII
• Canto XXXIV

Tests and Answers
• Test 1
• Test 2
• Answers Test 1
• Answers Test 2

Term Paper Ideas
• Term Paper Ideas

Reference
• Glossary of Italian Characters
• The Critics
• Advisory Board
• Bibliography