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Trenton Kangas



Harpies is a mythological creature that is part bird and part woman. It was used to seduce the evilness in men (Harpyiai 1). The Author uses Inferno to have people see the wickedness of men and the wickedness throughout the world, This is what certainly the greeks believed in. They were used to punish the people on earth who committed evil crimes and to bring the down to the underworld and those people were never seen or heard from again (Crystalinks 1). The author strongly believes in these birds and what they did during the days of ancient Greece. By using these figures in his text the author creates this knowledge that human beings are bad and that their will always be crime. Which the author succeeds in doing and it is very implicit throughout the novel and in which it is used to create the purpose of the text.

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Mikaylah Mitchell: Audience`

A harpy is a mythical creature that had a body of a bird, the face of a woman, and had the ability to fly. Harpies were created in the Greek culture and had the purpose of following the orders of the god Zeus; their job was to collect items and people that no longer belonged on Earth, or so goes the myth (Atsma 1). These mythical creatures have been noticed in many cultures such as Medieval cultures and Greek cultures. These such cultures used harpies as a reason why people would die or why something may disappear without a trace. Apparently, these vile creatures were known for their stealth and theft and could not be caught (Barford 1). However, harpies were also the cause of the Greek’s prominent art and they were also known for the story of Jason and the Argonaunts. With this being said the cultural view on a harpy goes mostly towards the Greeks and how they used harpies as a way to express vile creatures in paintings, music, plays, and so on. Even now in modern day people remember what a harpy is due to the stories from the Greeks talking about their gods they believed in; so harpies played a role in religion as well because of this. Harpies were the model of a evil and self-centered person that stole and followed the orders of wicked people. With this being said, the cultural impact on the Greeks affected the other parts of their life and also affected people throughout time. > > "Harpy." New World Encyclopedia. N.p., 10 May 2009. Web. 28 Aug. 2014. .
 * Barford, Paul. "Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues." : "Harpies of Cultural Property Nationalism" N.p., 29 Oct. 2009. Web. 28 Aug. 2014. .
 * Atsma, Aaron J. "HARPIES." Theoi Greek Mythology. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Aug. 2014. .

Historics: Drew McLeod Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy in 1265 A.D. His mother died when he was only seven years old and his father remarried. When he was twelve years old, he was forced to marry Gemma di Manetto Donati even though he loved another girl. Beatrice Portingini was his true love and he continued to write about her throughout his life. By the age of eighteen, Dante, had met many great poets of his time and had started studying philosophy. Like most Florentines during this time, he was involved with the Guelph and Ghibelline conflict. He fought in the ranks of the Guelph and help defeat the Ghibelline. After this conflict he joined the White Guelphs who were against the Pope instead of joining the Black Guelph who remained loyal to the Pope. At first Dantes party was able to remain in power and kick the Black Guelph out of Florence. Then Pope Bonifacio VIII militarily occupied the city. Dante, among with a delegation of other Florentines, was sent to Rome to spy on the Pope and figure out what he was up to. While the delegation of White Guelphs were away the Black Guelph destroyed Florence and established a new government inserting themselves as the new political power. Dante was then exiled from Florence and wandered Italy for years. During this time, he started to outline La Commedia, “The Divine Comedy”. Biography.com states, “this poem, a great work of medieval literature and considered the greatest work of literature composed in Italian, is a philosophical Christian vision of mankind’s eternal fate” (1). The Divine Comedy is split up into three epic poems: Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso. Inferno, Hell, is about Dante’s journey through hell with Virgil, another great poet. Purgatorio, Purgatory, tells another story of climbing Mount Purgatory. Dante is accompanied once again by Virgil until toward the end of the journey; Beatrice, his lost love, becomes his guide. Paradiso, Paradise, is the final part of the The Divine Comedy trilogy. In this section he travels through heaven with Beatrice as his guide. According to Academy of American Poets, “La Commedia is considered a masterwork of world literature” (1). In 1315, the military officer controlling Florence allowed the exiled Florentines to come back into the city only if they paid a large fine and did community service. Dante refused and remained in exile until six years later when he died. He died, most likely due to malarial fever, on September 13, 1321 in Ravenna, Italy.

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 * "Dante Alighieri." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2014. Web. 27 Aug. 2014.
 *  "Dante Alighieri." Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 25 Aug. 2014.

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by Chris Pavia

Harpies have the connotation in modern culture of an evil, vile woman who quite likely is a servant of the devil. Originally, they appeared in Greek mythology when they were sent by Zeus as a punishment to King Phineus of Thrace for revealing the secrets of the gods, but were also sent periodically, tormenting mankind (Atsma 1). Originally, they were simply depicted as women with the wings and lower bodies of birds. Today, though, they are more often imagined as hideous, manical creatures, with twisted bodies and ugly faces. Culture has altered the image of these mythical creatures to more fit their behavior. In modern culture, “ The song of the harpies has the ability to charm all humans and demihumans who hear it … they will proceed towards the harpy with all possible speed, only to stand entranced while the harpy slays them at its leisure” (“Harpy” 1). When describing a woman, the term harpy means that she seduces a man, appealing to his every desire, only to later destroy him. Luring the man in can be seen as the “song” of the harpy, while crushing his dreams and emotions is “slay[ing] them at its leisure”. Harpies are, in the eyes of modern culture, the epitome of evil. They change the reader’s opinion about punishment and trustworthiness, that harpies, both in women and creatures, are a hell in themselves.

Atsma, Aaron J. "HARPIES : Bird-Women Monsters." Theoi Greek Mythology. The Theoi Project, 2011. Web. 26 Aug. 2014.

"Harpy." Monstrous Manual. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Aug. 2014. < [|__http://www.dotd.com/mm/MM00154.htm__] >.