Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
In season two, episode 12, Avatar Aang and his friends Sokka, Katara, and Tof take a refugee couple across a deadly strip of land named “The Serpent’s Pass.” Before they start the path, they come upon an archway with the words “Abandon hope” inscribed on it.
The episode is available to watch here.
Contributed by Alex Sallade (University of Delaware)
Season 4, Episode 5 of Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time is set in the hellish “Nightosphere.” It alludes to Dante’s Inferno: its protagonists, Finn and Jake, find themselves there not knowing how they got there; they pass through an imposing gate to meet with the ruler of the Nightosphere; they meet a character rowing a boat over condemned souls.
Watch the full episode here.
Contributed by Allison Kim, University of Texas at Austin
Contributed by Leslie Zarker Morgan
Contributed by Paige Gribb (Bowdoin ’14)
