tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post5982183287908240917..comments2024-03-10T15:20:30.552-05:00Comments on stmhumanities: Inspired by Dante *Jaw Drops*Mrs.Qhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626503384057111894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-37293811475955934752013-10-22T16:28:51.900-05:002013-10-22T16:28:51.900-05:00And here's another interesting tidbit--Charles...And here's another interesting tidbit--Charles Baudelaire is a 19th-century French poet whose poems we'll also be reading this year.mskinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04738638633139347172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-62985042950239016502013-10-20T10:30:16.471-05:002013-10-20T10:30:16.471-05:00I read a few of those books when I was in middle s...I read a few of those books when I was in middle school. The fact that we read them and didn't know they were inspired by Dante until this point is crazy! So much is inspired by Dante's Divine Comedy... it amazes me. From books to art to building, Dante's Divine Comedy hugely impacted society after it was written and still influences society today. Why though? Why do certain poems/novels so greatly impact society where as other don't?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17757512840586431608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3953690364532718935.post-5335273834303580122013-10-19T22:30:12.209-05:002013-10-19T22:30:12.209-05:00I love that series! I think it would be more accu...I love that series! I think it would be more accurate to say that the author is making fun of Dante, since Lemony Snicket is constantly whining and making absurdly pessimistic remarks, as well as telling a story that's so depressing it's funny. I definitely get the sense that he thinks that Dante was a bit of a whiner. The more literature I read the more I realize was in the books--there are tons of literary references that I didn't understand at all as a child, like the caricatures of Dickens novels that pretty much define the entire series. Also, there are eyes, glasses, and sight in abundance throughout the series, which we've also seen in Oedipus Rex and Dante's Inferno.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15094108777233555346noreply@blogger.com