Any body who knows the important stuff from the first eighteen cantos of Dante's "Paradsio" would really be helping me out. If you can give me a good overview you get ten points! Help please!
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here you go:\n\nhttp://www.faulkner.edu/admin/websites/cwarmack/paradisewebsite.ppt\n\nit's a power point that has what you need.\n\nAlso:\n\n\nParadiso\nAfter an initial ascension (Canto I), Beatrice guides Dante Pilgrim through the nine spheres of Heaven. These are concentric and spherical, similar to Aristotelian and Ptolemaic cosmology. The addition of a moral dimension means that a soul that has reached Paradise stops at the level applicable to it. The nine spheres are:\n\nFirst Sphere: The moon - those who abandoned their vows (Cantos II through V). \nSecond Sphere: Mercury - those who did good out of a desire for fame (Cantos V through VII). \nThird Sphere: Venus - those who did good out of love (Cantos VIII and XIX). \nFourth Sphere: The sun - souls of the wise (Cantos X through XIV). \nFifth Sphere: Mars - those who fought for Christianity (Cantos XIV through XVIII). \nSixth Sphere: Jupiter - those who personified justice (Cantos XVIII through XX). \nSeventh Sphere: Saturn - the contemplative (Cantos XXI and XXII). \nEighth Sphere: The fixed stars - the blessed (Cantos XXII through XXVII). Here, Dante is tested on faith by Saint Peter, hope by Saint James, and love by Saint John the Evangelist. \nNinth Sphere: The Primum Mobile ("Prime Mover") - angels (Cantos XXVII through XXIX). \n \nDante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest Heaven; from Gustave Doré's illustrations to the Divine Comedy Paradiso Canto 31Beatrice leaves Dante with Saint Bernard who prays to Mary on behalf of Dante and Dante is allowed to see both Jesus and Mary. From here, Dante ascends to a substance beyond physical existence, called the Empyrean Heaven (Cantos XXX through XXXIII). Here he comes face-to-face with God Himself, and is granted understanding of the Divine and of human nature.
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continue from here.\n\n\n [Inside the castle the coronation is held in Latin. Marke and \n               Isolde are crowned and take their seats on their thrones. Back \n               at the lookout point the flag bearers are stabbed by the Irish. \n               Dancing happens at the coronation celebrations]\n \n                                     MARKE\n                         Tristan! Seems I worried for nothing.\n \n                         \n                                     WICTRED\n                         May I dance with the Queen, or does \n                         Tristan have the next one?\n \n                                     MARKE\n                         That’s right, you have never danced \n                         with Isolde before!\n \n               [Tristan is pushed forward to dance with Isolde]\n\n                                     WICTRED\n                         A new song for Tristan. Slow.\n\n                                     ISOLDE\n                         Why did you burn it?\n\n                                     TRISTAN\n                         You know.\n\n                                     ISOLDE\n                         Meet me there in an hour or I’ll die.\n \n                         \n               [The dance ends]\n\n                                     MARKE\n                         I could still teach you a thing or two, \n                         dancing being one of them.\n \n                                     KAYE\n                         Accuse him now.\n\n                                     WICTRED\n                         No, no, no. We’ll have more than accusations.\n \n                         \n               [Tristan leaves]\n\n                                     MARKE\n                         Is something the matter?\n\n                                     ISOLDE\n                         I’m just feeling a little weary that’s \n                         all. I might just go and have a lie \n                         down.\n \n                                     MARKE\n                         Of course.\n\n               [Isolde leaves]\n\n                                     WICTRED\n                         Friends, friends hear me! We’ve forgotten \n                         the full moon isn’t it time to ride \n                         out?\n \n                                     GENERAL\n                         No. Tonight it cause for exception.\n \n                         \n                                     WICTRED\n                         But the coronation should uphold tradition, \n                         surely it is not to be neglected already?\n \n                         \n                                     MARKE\n                         We honour it. In half a night. Ride \n                         out! Where’s Tristan?\n \n               \n\n               [Everyone leaves to hunt while Tristan and Isolde race to be \n               with each other]\n \n                                     ISOLDE\n                         I miss Ireland\n\n                                     TRISTAN\n                         Isolde, this must end.\n\n                                     ISOLDE\n                         That’s like asking me to stop breathing.\n \n                         \n                                     TRISTAN\n                         It cannot be.\n\n               [Elsewhere Wictred leads the hunt to where Tristan and Isolde \n               are]\n \n                                     ISOLDE\n                         Please don’t leave me. Please!\n\n               [They kiss only to have the hunting party come upon them]\n\n                                     MARKE\n                         Isolde? There is someone...  No.\n\n                                     KING DONNCHADH\n                         I see how it is in Cornwall. My money \n                         is good enough, my
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Prologue\n\nArguably Shakespeare's most famous play begins with a Prologue which establishes that this play will be a tragedy and that the children of two feuding families, Romeo of the Montague family and Juliet of the Capulet family, will both love and die in the course of this play...\n\nAct I.\n\nSampson and Gregory, servants to the Capulets and Abraham and Balthasar, servants to the Montague family start a street fight, which is joined by Benvolio (Montague) and Tybalt (Capulet). Escalus, the Prince of Verona who angrily learns of this fight, declares a death penalty for further feuding between the two families. Romeo we learn is lovesick; Rosaline, the object of his affections will not requite (return) his love. His friend Benvolio tells Romeo to look at other girls...\n\nMeanwhile Capulet is keen for Paris to marry his daughter Juliet and plans a party to be held later that night. Romeo and friends decide to turn up uninvited, Romeo hoping to see Rosaline, whom he still pines for...\n\nLady Capulet discusses the idea of marriage to Paris with Juliet. Juliet keeps her options open. The Nurse wishes Juliet every possible happiness...\n\nMeanwhile Mercutio attempts to cheer a lovesick Romeo up, telling him to be rough with love if need be.\n\nAt the Capulet's party, Romeo who is disguised by a masque (mask), falls in love with Juliet on sight. Capulet stops Tybalt from attacking Romeo at his party, telling him there will be other opportunities. Both Romeo and Juliet learn that they are each enemies of the other's family... A Prologue sung by a choir dramatizes the conflict both Romeo and Juliet feel between their love for one another and their loyalty to their respective families.\n\nAct II.\n\nIgnoring the danger, Romeo scales the Capulet's wall to be near Juliet, the woman he cannot forget... Unnoticed in Juliet's orchard, Romeo learns of Juliet's love for him. After declaring their feelings for each other, the two decide to marry. Juliet will send Romeo a messenger in the morning to make plans for their wedding...\n\nThe very next day, we meet Romeo's friend, Friar Laurence. He wonders how Romeo can forget Rosaline so quickly but agrees to marry the two since he hopes this marriage it will end the long running Montague / Capulet feud...\n\nRomeo catches up with his friends Mercutio and Benvolio. Juliet's messenger, the Nurse, arrives and the wedding is set for later that day. The Nurse brings Romeo "cords" or ropes which will allow Romeo to climb into Juliet's bedchamber as her husband later that night... Act II ends with Romeo and Juliet's marriage.\n\nAct III.\n\nBenvolio and Mercutio (both Montagues) meet Tybalt (Capulet). Tybalt attempts to provoke Romeo into fighting. Mercutio fights Tybalt and is killed. Romeo then kills Tybalt. Escalus, the Prince of Verona banishes Romeo from Verona threatening death should he ever return. Juliet learns of Romeo killing Tybalt and despite being torn between her loyalty for her family and Romeo, mourns her husband Romeo's banishment.\n\nRomeo learns of the banishment order, realizing he will not be able to see Juliet again. Friar Laurence suggests Romeo go to Juliet's bed chamber to comfort his wife... Capulet, who does not know of Romeo and Juliet's marriage, decides that the marriage of Juliet to Paris must now proceed, bidding his wife to make Juliet aware of Paris' love for her. The day of the marriage has been decided; it will be Thursday.\n\nWe learn that Romeo has spent the night with his Juliet. Juliet who is now already secretly married to Romeo, learns that she is to marry Paris. She tries to fight her father's wishes, failing to dissuade him. Juliet decides to commit suicide if all else fails...\n\nAct IV.\n\nParis reveals that the wedding will occur on Thursday. Juliet is cold to Paris. Friar Laurence tells Juliet to take a potion simulating death, allowing Romeo to take her away, unopposed to Mantu
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The best info on it...\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Da_Vinci_Code\n\nCan I get 10 points for that?
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How the Heck (pun intended) would one have nonfiction images of Hades?\n\nLook up paintings about Dante's Inferno. I assume a lot of pre Renaissance art would feature Hades, or Satan in some form. Allegorical paintings and those hanging in churchs are a good bet.
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1. Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns\ndriven time and again off course, once he had plundered\nthe hallowed heights of Troy.\nMany cities of men he saw and learned their minds,\nmany pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea,\nfighting to save his life and bring his comrades home.\nBut he could not save them from disaster, hard as he strove—\nthe recklessness of their own ways destroyed them all,\nthe blind fools, they devoured the cattle of the Sun\nand the Sungod blotted out the day of their return.\nLaunch out on his story, Muse, daughter of Zeus,\nstart from where you will—sing for our time too.\n\n\nmeaning:With these words the Odyssey begins. The poet asks for inspiration from the Muse and imagines her singing through him. An ancient epic poem states at the outset, in capsule form, the subject of the work to follow, and this epic is no exception. The Odyssey announces its subject matter in a different fashion from the Iliad. Whereas Homer’s first epic treats Achilles’ rage, this one focuses on a “man of twists and turns.” It chronicles not battles, the stuff of Achilles’ brief life, but a long journey through “[m]any cities” and “many pains,” the kind of test worthy of a resourceful hero like Odysseus. The opening lines foreshadow how the epic will end—with all of Odysseus’s men dead except Odysseus himself—and provide a reason for these deaths: the recklessness and blindness of his crew , who do not realize that by slaughtering the Sun’s cattle they seal their own dooms. The opening leaves unmentioned many other temptations the Achaeans will face and says nothing of the situation in Ithaca, which consumes nearly half the epic. It treats the subject matter of the epic in an abbreviated form but captures the themes those subjects will explore. As Knox notes in the introduction to the Fagles translation, in the Odyssey, in contrast to the Iliad, the Muse is asked to choose where to begin. Giving the Muse this freedom prepares us for the more complex narrative structure of the Odyssey, which relies on flashbacks as it moves through the many settings of the hero’s ten-year journey.\n\n\n2.Of all that breathes and crawls across the earth,\nour mother earth breeds nothing feebler than a man.\nSo long as the gods grant him power, spring in his knees,\nhe thinks he will never suffer affliction down the years.\nBut then, when the happy gods bring on the long hard times,\nbear them he must, against his will, and steel his heart.\nOur lives, our mood and mind as we pass across the earth,\nturn as the days turn . . .\n\nmeaning-Odysseus utters these words to the suitor Amphinomus shortly after defeating the “Beggar-King” Irus in Book 18 (18.150–157). Odysseus is himself in disguise as beggar, and his words here help maintain that cover. According to the story he has told, he once was a great warrior, plundering faraway lands, until one day he was captured. On one level, his words here reinforce those lies. The fatalism and helplessness he expresses—that a man only prospers while “the gods grant him power”—were frequently expressed sentiments of the Ancient Greek outlook, but they seem especially natural coming from a onetime king who has descended to the status of a beggar. Who better to comment on life’s reversals than someone who has experienced them firsthand?\nThe words have additional meaning, however, for both Amphinomus and Odysseus. For Amphinomus, they foreshadow death. He is plundering the land of others, living a careless life, much as the beggar once did, but he too is a feeble man, and he is destined for a fall. The words are a prophecy to Amphinomus, and a warning; he does not miss their meaning, as he walks away “fraught with grave forebodings” (18.176). For Odysseus, on the other hand, the words do not foretell the future but recount the past and, perhaps, explain the lesson it has taught him. At the hour of his greatest triumph, the beginn
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If  you are looking for the book by Joao de Deus, the full title is "Cartilha maternal, ou, Arte de leitura". If this is the title you're actually seeking, I'm not sure you can purchase it anywhere. \n\nHowever, if you have access to inter-library loans, Indiana University, Ohio State University and Unviersity of Californa, Berkley have copies.
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Oh this one is easy haha. It is according to the book of revelation. It is not the devils number or any of that sort, but actually reference to Emperor Nero. Emperor Nero is the beast mentioned in Revelations. Revelation was written by John of Pathmos (there was more than one John) and it pertained to the time that it was written. It is not to be applied to current times. In the Hebrew form of Gematria 666 Spells out NRON KSR (Nero Kaisar or Nero Caesar)\n\nN=50 R=200 O=6 N=50 K=100 S=60 R=200 = 666\n\nBook of Revelation was written before the collapse of the 2nd Temple in 70 A.D. It was a call for a New Jerusalem. Babylon refers to Rome and the Beast refers to the Emperor.\n\nIt was Evil for Christians, why? Who do you think Nero happened to blame after the fire in Rome? Hehehe. And who do you think had to suffer and be persecuted? The Christians! So obviously, Christians would find this number evil, because it hints a very evil figure. Infact Nero used to use Christians as Garden Lamps in his Gardens (Where the Vatican now stands). He literally lit them on fire! Alive! Thousands of them. They could not openly write any of this because of obvious reasons. Christianity wasnt legalized till 313 AD (Edict of Milan) by Constantine. So anything Christian before that was illegal and you were subject to persecution if you were Christian. So whatever was written before this time was written in secret and using secret allergories and language (like the Hebrew Gematria) so that others would not understand. It was tough being a Christian back then :-p. Revelations was probably written around 68-69 A.D., right before the collapse of the Second Temple in 70. \n\n\nNothings Gonna Happen on June 6th. The sun will rise and it will set. And we'll all be happy. Who knows you might even get a raise at work :-D
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Eh, read Dante's Inferno. :D\n\n- 16 yo Pagan
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Perhaps if you posted the Latin you might get some responses.  How many people here on Yahoo who know Latin do you think have actually been there and have seen it?  And remember the whole inscription?
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http://www.spanport.ucsb.edu/faculty/mcgovern/cartaadiostext.html\nThat's just una carta a dios,but you should add some commas or space them out so people can tell the difrent titles.
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It's from the Count of Monte Christo by Baroness D'Orcay (not sure of the spelling here)so maybe if you look that up on the net - I think it was 'All the money to buy Italy' - but i'm not 100% sure. Chapter 18 of the book tings a bell - Good Luck!
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http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/juliuscaesar/section9.rhtml
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Yeah, MonNog - Dante does mention "Dave". It's in the Appendix to the Inferno. \n\nLong story short, it's a sort of "deleted scene", where it's revealed that Judas Iscariot, trapped forever in the ice at the bottom of hell, is stricken with kidney stones, and the Devil comes down to laugh his head off as they work their way through Judas' system. Satan kicks a wall and Hell's jukebox emerges out of the wall. Grinning. It's full of the souls of the Backstreet Boys. They try to sing. Judas screams. The Devil cranks it up  - Britney Spears screeches   out her greatest hits. Judas begs to have his soul extinguished. The Devil kicks the jukebox once more and the Fall Out Boy squealers are there, live in Hell. Judas begs harder, using every muscle in his face to plead for mercy.\n\n"One chance" says the Devil. "This is your punishment, for you are Judas, the Betrayer. I can offer you a witness protection programme, God'll never find you."\n"Oh hallelujah, thank you!" cries Judas.\n"From now on, you shall be called Dave, and live in a mansion on Pandemonium Hill with Hell's best concubines attending to your every whim."\n"Dave?" says Judas.\n"Yes..." says the Devil, fluttering his eyelashes whimsically.\n"I have to be called...Dave? Dave Iscariot?"\n"Catchy, no?"\n"You total and utter, unmititgated, evil-minded B**STARD!!!" yells Judas, and Fall Out Boy resume thier concert.\n\nYou can kinda see why it was axed from the published version - Pope Pius IX was a closet Backstreet Boys fan...
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If you're using the cliffsnotes version, they're on pages 105, 106 (adam&eve), 116, 119 (monster questions humanity's fall from grace), 81-2 (parallels between Victor and Cain), 141, 144 "you shall curse the hour of your birth", 97, 99, 65, 106 (adam), 105, 106, 113 (eve), 97, 99, 106, 126, 58, 64-65, 99 (satan)   cliffsnotes is about 200 pages long to give you an idea if you're using a different copy.\n\nfor a quick, searchable Bible in every version, try biblegateway.com
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Obviously, proof is a little hard here. It is quite impossible for anyone to PROVE they know anything about this topic.\n\nTry reading Dante's "The Divine Comedy". It is quite intriguing to say the least.
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Check out Nero.  The guy went nuts in the end and lead to the downfall of rome.  Interesting and funny all at once.