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ancient very old cowardice lack of courage desperation lack of hope dread intense fear harsh severe mournful sorrowful; sad recount to tell in detail woe great sorrow allegory a story meant to have 2 meanings; literal and symbolic metaphor comparison not using like or as simile comparison using like or as theme the general idea or insight about life that a work of literature reveals epic a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds on a journey or quest mood the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage characterization the act of creating and developing a character. imagery the use of figures of speech to create vivid images that appeal to one of the senses allusion a reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art paradox a seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true Law of Symbolic Retribution "As they sinned, so are they punished" The "Rebellion of the Angels" an example of allusion The stone gates of Hell symbolic of the permenance of Hell and ones placement in it Hell, Pergatory, and Paradise The places Dante traveled through Beatrice Dante's spiritual guide through Paradise Satan 3 heads, 6 eyes, wings- forever frozen in Hell Crying, forever tearing apart sinners, and breating his wings Satan's actions for all eternity The dark wood symbolic of a time when Dante wandered off of the right path in life The 3 beasts in the dark wood symbolic of Dante's sins What Beatrice becomes in the 10th level of Paradise an angel Dante Alighieri The author of the Divine Comedy The reason this piece of literature is considered to be a comedy It has a happy ending The genre of the Divine Comedy An Epic The country in which the Divine Comedy was written Italy The Love of Dante's Life Beatrice Dante's Guide through Hell Virgil The event that changed Dante's life forever His exile in 1301 A canto A chapter The number of Cantos in the Divine Comedy one hundred The number three symbolic of the trinity Where Dante and Beatrice meet for the final part of the journey The Garden of Eden Charon Rows the dead across the first river of Hell