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    Dante's Accomplishments

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    represents the christian idea of fate, and the soul's journey towards god, and is widely considered the greatest piece of literature ever composed in the italian language. He wrote several other great works, including Convivio (The Banquet), La Vita Nuova (The New Life), and De Vulgari Eloquentia (on the eloquence of vernacular). He is widely considered the father of the italian language, and many have likened Dante’s literary achievements to those of Shakespeare. He was born in Florence in the

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    represents the very pinnacle of poetic accomplishment. The essay will look at the Vita Nouva as the praise of the miracle; for such was the marvelously beneficent lady, as long as she lived, as Dante often affirms. And in this miracle one can recognized a material attestation of Eternal Truths. And the divine comedy is the glorification of truth itself as revealed to Dante and subsequently to Dante’s readers now days. The Vita Nuova may be called the entrance of that solemn sanctuary, the Divine Comedy. This

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    Dante as a madman is defined as well as understood as an irrational figure, a figure possessing qualities that contradict Dante the poet who in turn is rational and calculated through his use of language within Inferno. The idea of madness can be portrayed in various different ways, one being to be in a state of madness (a madman), is to be, “mentally ill”, or otherwise to be someone that portrays irrationality in their actions (Soanes, Hawker and Elliott 2006). Wilson considers two such contrasting

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    Dante Alighieri was one of the most renowned writers in world literature. His great masterpieces have influenced the world immensely. He was not only a great writer and poet but he also was a man that overcame great odds to write awe inspiring works of art.      Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy either in late May or early June, 1265. His childhood was somewhat troubling because of the early death of his mother and then his father when he was 18. He managed to

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    • During the time Inferno was written Dante himself was currently in a slump. He lost all of his fame and fortune and was banished from Florence by the pope. This reflected the way he wrote and is what caused him to write Dantes Inferno. • Dante Alighieri is most famous for his work Divine Comedy which was a three booked poem that was started 1308 and finished in 1320, a year before his death. • When Dante was around twelve he was arranged to marry Gemma Donati, in 1285 they married, but Dante

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    Technology and Privacy

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    un libro intitolato “Secret Power”, in cui l’autore Nicky Hager, cita numerose testimonianze raccolte intervistando circa 50 persone coinvolte nei servizi segreti, che lavoravano o avevano lavorato per la più grande agenzia di intelligence della Nuova Zelanda, la Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB). Quest’ultima avrebbe fatto parte di un patto sancito nel 1948 e denominato UKUSA Strategy Agreement, cui aderirono, la National Security Agency Statunitense, il Government Communications

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    many subjects, including Tuscan poetry, painting and music. However, he mainly studied in rhetoric, grammar, philosophy, literature, and theology. Five years after Beatrice’s death, Dante had published Vita Nuova, which described his catastrophic affection for Beatrice. Dante writes in Vita Nuova, “The moment I saw her I say in all truth that the vital spirit, which dwells in the inmost depths of the heart, began to tremble so violently that I felt the vibration alarmingly in all my pulses, even

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    The piece of poetry I am analysing is an Italian Sonnet called Madonna Mia, by Oscar Wilde. This poem does not deviate from the Italian Sonnet formula; a formula consisting of a stichic syllabic structure, and stressing according to a pentameter - that is, each verse line is 10 syllables, five of which are stressed. Furthermore, this poem, being an Italian Sonnet, is divided into two sections: "an eight-line `octave' of two quatrains, rhymed [abbaacca], followed by a six-line `sestet' usually rhymed

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    Dante as a madman is defined as well as understood as an irrational figure, a figure possessing qualities that contradict Dante the poet who in turn is rational and calculated through his use of language within Inferno. The idea of madness can be portrayed in various different ways, one being to be in a state of madness (a madman), is to be, “mentally ill”, or otherwise to be someone that portrays irrationality in their actions (Soanes, Hawker and Elliott 2006). Wilson considers two such contrasting

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    Humanism In Renaissance

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    The late Middle Ages were a time of creative fragmentation and new synthesis. The Renaissance, which take place between 1300 and 1700, was a time for education and experimentation. The fifteenth century saw an unprecedented demand for quality education and art and scholarly renaissance. Italian and northern humanists recovered classical knowledge and languages that set education reforms and cultural changes in motion that spread throughout Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Humanism

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