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“Wood of Suicides” Cake by Elisabete Caseiro

September 27, 2017 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

Wood-Suicides-Cake-Dantes-Inferno-Elisabete-Caseiro“This was the result of a challenge made by the fabulous Kevin Martin a while ago – to create a cake or sugar centerpiece inspired by Dante’s work Divine Commedy.

“This is my first international collaboration and I’m really thrilled to be part of it. Dante’s work was not very familiar to me so It was a great opportunity to learn more about it.

“My creation was inspired by the Wood of Suicides (Dante’s Inferno, Canto XIII, 7th Circle, 2nd Ring – Violence against themselves). The suicides occupy the circle of violence. Since they have ‘denied the God-given sanctity of their bodies on Earth,’ their souls are condemned to grow into anguished and gnarled trees or bush, into the Wood of Suicides. The souls of the Suicides endure further pain and torment due to the harpies (creatures with big wings, the head of a woman, feathered belly and claws on their feet) that inhabit the forest. These harpies nest in the forest, rend the branches of the trees and feast on their leaves, causing immense pain and making them bleed. This is the only time they can speak and express their pain.” — BetySugarland Cake Design by Elisabete Caseiro (Lisbon, Portugal), on cakesdecor.com

Categories: Dining & Leisure
Tagged with: 2015, Cakes, Desserts, Inferno, Lisbon, Portugal, Suicide

“Nel Mezzo”

May 23, 2016 By Professor Arielle Saiber

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Nel Mezzo: A Little Trip through Dante’s Inferno
Contributed by Bryce Livingston

Categories: Visual Art & Architecture, Written Word
Tagged with: 2016, Comics, Humor, Suicide, Tumblr, Virgil

What Dreams May Come, 1998

September 18, 2015 By Professor Elizabeth Coggeshall

What Dreams May ComeVincent Ward’s 1998 film, What Dreams May Come, starring Robin Williams and Annabella Sciorra, explores the after-life. The film’s protagonist, Chris Neilson, finds himself in heaven after death. His wife, Annie, has committed suicide and resides in hell; when Chris sets out to find her, he travels through a representation of the first seven circles of Dante’s Inferno.

Categories: Performing Arts
Tagged with: 1998, Circles of Hell, Films, Heaven, Hell, Inferno, Robin Williams, Suicide

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