Outhne: Inferno Xxxiii
OUTHNE: INFERNO XXXIII
ii. Antenora [continued] (country or party)
a gruesome opening rhetorical flourish
Ugolino’s speech:
Ruggieri the culprit
Ugolino’s dream and the children
address to Dante
Day 1, the door nailed shut
Day 2, hunger
Day 3, silence
Day 4, Gaddo’s cry for help; his death
Days 5 and 6, the other three children die
Days 6 and 7, grief and death
Ugolino resumes his cannibalistic behavior
apostrophe of Pisa as “modern Thebes”
iii. Ptolomea (guests and friends)
new assemblage of sinners, faces upturned
Dante feels the wind even on his callused face
Virgil: soon you will see the wind’s source
Fra Alberigo’s request: clear out my iced-over eyes
Dante offers a bargain that Alberigo accepts
Dante: are you already dead? Alberigo’s response
Dante: Branca d’Oria is still alive
Alberigo: but his and his kinsman’s souls are here
again Alberigo asks for aid; Dante does not give it
apostrophe of Genoa