Describe the significance of comedy in Dante’s Divine Comedy

Responses must be typed in 12-point font, double-spaced with 1-inch margins.
MLA is required for outside sources; citing isn’t required for the textbook readings and/or
PowerPoint lectures. Answers should be a mixture of summary and analysis. MLA is required for outside sources, so do
not PLAGIARIZE!

1. Describe the significance of comedy in Dante’s Divine
Comedy
2. Analyze the significance of insects and animals in The
Pancatantra
3. Discuss how biblical story of Joseph differs from The
Koran’s? What is the significance
of the differences?
4. Discuss the corruption of the Catholic Church in The
Canterbury Tales and The Divine
Comedy.
5. Discuss how the supernatural appears in the 2 following
works:
Sunjata and The Popul Vuh
6. Describe how 5 out of 11 Aristotle’s tragedy themes
appear in 2 of the following works
(you can pick the same 5 tragic themes to describe both if
you choose): Antigone, Medea
7. Compare and contrast the concepts of power, virtue, and
leadership in Medieval Lives
and The Canterbury
Tales
8. Discuss the role of the hero/knight in the following 3 works:
Medieval Lives
The Canterbury Tales
Sunjata
9. Out of all the characters from the works listed in 1-8 who
do you think is the
most compelling or fascinating character and why?

Divine: https://youtu.be/tUYXGB8Uk4M
Medieval: https://youtu.be/QquhNTBfpdw

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