Pouches Presentation

Dante’s Hell dedicates the most cantos to the Eighth circle. Ten groups will form and take on the responsibility of being the class experts. Each group should leave the class with a clear idea of the who/what/why of each chasm or pouch.

Here are the divisions:

1) The Seducers
2) The Flatterers
3) Simonists, that is, those who bought and sold sacred objects and 4) Diviners, Astrologers and Magicians.
5) The Barrators.
6) The Hypocrites
7) The Thieves.
8) The Fraudulent Counselors.
9) The Sowers of Scandal and Schism.
10) The Falsifiers

go to
Outline of Inferno
scroll down and see which ones interest you. (Canto 18-Canto 30)


Some things to do/cover/consider:

• Concise Summary
• Describe the scene
• Cite/read passages
• Discuss Contrapasso
• Ask questions of the class
• Give needed background—use footnotes, but go beyond that
• Get images to show
• Take questions

You and your partner(s) need to decide how best to teach/explain your chasm. You can work together and present separately, work together present together or do your own thing—I just don’t want too much overlap. We will go in order and use these orations as the foundation for our discussion


Some things to remember when writing your presentations:

• Keep your audience in mind—think of what would you want to know and what
• kind of presentations do you like.
• Know your subjects well; pick an angle that interests you--no one will be
• interested if you aren't.
• You can't fit everything you know in, go with the important parts.
• Taking questions will allow your audience to learn what they want to know.