Summary. As the ninth canto begins, the “concubine of old Tithonus / fresh from her doting lover’s arms, was glowing white at the window of the east.”. This Aurora, rather than dawn, seems to be a sign of the coming moon. Like Adam, Dante is overcome with sleep. Near “the verge of morning,” Dante has a dream that an eagle comes to him
Summary and Analysis Canto IV. Summary. Dante wakes to a clap of thunder. He has been in a deep sleep for some time, so his eyes are rested. He finds himself across the Acheron and on the brink of a deep abyss from which he hears the "thunder of Hell's eternal cry." Virgil asks Dante to follow him, but Dante is wary because Virgil is deathly pale.
Summary. As they walk, Virgil warns Dante to be careful. One soul asks Dante about his living body, but before he can respond, he watches two groups of penitents kiss quickly as they meet, moving opposite directions, and continue on. Those moving away from Dante cry out “Sodom and Gomorrah!”; those moving with Dante bring to mind Pasiphae
A French painter in the traditional academic style, William-Adolphe Bouguereau was quite successful during his lifetime. This painting, Dante and Virgil, is based on a short but vicious scene in the Inferno. Uncharacteristically dark in subject, its a terrible departure from his typically beautified nymph-like figures. Now held at the Musee dOrsay in Paris, it was praised for its magnificent
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dante and virgil painting analysis
