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A summary of Cantos V & VI in Dante Alighieri's Inferno. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Inferno and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.
Dante Inferno: Canto 5. The story of Francesca da Rimini read by Malcolm Hossick from the verse translation by the american poet Longfellow.
Ravenna was Dante’s last refuge during his exile, where he was treated with great honor and respect by the Lord of the place, Guido Novello di Polenta, the uncle of Francesca da Rimini, the chief character in this canto.
Get everything you need to know about Francesca da Rimini in Inferno. Analysis, related quotes, timeline.
Echoing literary authorities, Francesca deploys the courtly doctrine that love is a compulsive force, that it cannot be resisted, and that it effectively deprives us of our free will.
The pilgrim is faced with the consequences of his poetic vocation when he descends to the circle of lust (Inferno V), where Francesca da Rimini, in her failure to distinguish romance from reality, testifies to the dangers inherent to the act of reading.
Francesca was allegedly tricked into the union, having ostensibly been promised Gianciotta's younger brother, the dashing young Paolo. When Gianciotta discovered his wife and his brother had been having an affair, he murdered them both.
