Write an essay in response to your own question, or choose one of the following questions.
Be sure to develop your answer by discussing in detail excerpts from the text. You must write about a scene from cantos 1-9, 10-17, 18-30, and 31-34.
I.Dante condemns those who have betrayed their family, their guests, their party, and their benefactor most severely of all the sinners he depicts in Hell.
What does such a judgment show about his organization of his own moral universe-his determination of what is right and what is wrong?
In your essay, you should develop a response to Dante's moral judgments. Agree, disagree, or express your ambivalence. Be sure to explain your own moral judgment, whether you accept or differ from Dante's.
II. What lessons does Dante poet offer us about teaching and learning that could help make Collegiate a better school?