Quotes In Dante's Inferno

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1. Dante’s Inferno by Dante Alighieri. The first quote is by Dante and the second quote is from Virgil. The significance of the quote is Dante is reading the sign as they enter the gates of hell. It’s a warning sign of doom. Virgil is his guide, so he explains the warning and tells Dante it’s okay and to leave his fear behind.
2. The lliad by Homer. The speaker is Pygamalion. The significance of this quote is Pygamalion at the altar with his gift for Venus. Offering a fainthearted prayer. He is prayer for Venus to be his wife.
3. Medea by Euripides. The speaker is Medea. The significance of the quote is Medea contemplating on whether she should kill her children or not. She asking herself if she’s strong enough to do it.
4. The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. No speaker. The significance of this quote is about mortality and human …show more content…

The lliad by Homer. The speaker is Thetis, she weeps about her son. She knows they are going to fight and she wants to protect him even though she can’t. She knows that if he goes off to fight that here is a chance he won’t return back home.
6. The Tempest by Shakespeare. The speaker is Prospero. The significance of this quote is
Prospero confronting Caliban for trying to rape Miranda. Prospero is saying that he taught him how to speak and this is how you betray me and my daughter. He calls Caliban ungrateful.
7. Dante Inferno by Dante Alighieri. Dante is the speaker and the significance of this quote is because Dante is saying that Lucifer was once good and if he didn’t betray God and test him that all of this wouldn’t be like this. Being that the three figures that Lucifer is eating are the greatest traitors of all. Basically, Dante is saying that if he didn’t betray God he wouldn’t be put in this position.
8. The lliad by Homer. Achilles is the speaker and the significance of this quote is Achilie is saying that he’s not going to make amends with his enemy. That there will be not agreement but we can fight until one

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