Inferno, Canto V

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Inferno, Canto V is the fifth canto of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, depicting the circle of the lustful in Hell and featuring the tragic lovers Paolo and Francesca.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canto ⓘ
literary work section ⓘ
author Dante Alighieri ⓘ
chronologyWithinInferno early descent through upper Hell ⓘ
compositionCentury 14th century ⓘ
containsEpisode Dante’s swoon at the end of the canto ⓘ
catalogue of famous lovers ⓘ
dialogue with Francesca da Rimini ⓘ
encounter with Minos as infernal judge ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
depicts circle of the lustful ⓘ
describesPunishment souls swept forever in a violent storm ⓘ
famousLine “Amor, ch’al cor gentil ratto s’apprende” ⓘ
“Galeotto fu ’l libro e chi lo scrisse” ⓘ
featuresCharacter Dante (character) ⓘ
linked to: Dante (protagonist)

Francesca da Rimini ⓘ
Minos ⓘ
Paolo Malatesta ⓘ
Virgil ⓘ
featuresMythologicalFigure Achilles ⓘ
Cleopatra ⓘ
Helen of Troy ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Tristan ⓘ
guardianOfCircle Minos ⓘ
influenced later depictions of tragic lovers in European literature ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
literaryForm narrative poetry ⓘ
literaryPeriod Italian Middle Ages ⓘ
linked to: Medieval Italy
meter terza rima ⓘ
moralConcept contrapasso ⓘ
narrativePerspective first person ⓘ
numberOfLines 142 ⓘ
originalLanguage Tuscan Italian ⓘ
partOf Divine Comedy ⓘ
Inferno ⓘ
positionInWork 5 ⓘ
primarySinCategory incontinence ⓘ
referencesWork Lancelot and Guinevere romance ⓘ
setting Second Circle of Hell ⓘ
linked to: Inferno, Canto V
studiedIn Dante scholarship ⓘ
medieval literature courses ⓘ
theme courtly love ⓘ
fate and free will ⓘ
lust ⓘ
power of literature ⓘ
sin and punishment ⓘ
workLocation within first cantica of the Divine Comedy ⓘ

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Francesca da Rimini → appearsInCanto → Inferno Canto V ⓘ
linked to: Inferno, Canto V
Francesca da Rimini → locatedInAfterlifeRealm → Second Circle of Hell ⓘ
linked to: Inferno, Canto V
First Circle of Dante's Inferno → precedes → Second Circle of Dante's Inferno ⓘ
subject linked to: first circle of Dante's Inferno
linked to: Inferno, Canto V
Inferno, Canto V → setting → Second Circle of Hell ⓘ
linked to: Inferno, Canto V
Paolo Malatesta → depictedIn → Canto V of Inferno ⓘ
linked to: Inferno, Canto V
Paolo Malatesta → afterlifeLocationInLiterature → Second circle of Hell (Inferno) ⓘ
linked to: Inferno, Canto V