Dante’s Inferno at the Fountain

Students in ITALIAN 333: Dante’s Divine Comedy in Translation acted out a circle of Dante’s Inferno on Monday, September 18. Dante students acted the roles of the Inferno’s hoarders and squanderers, pushing boulders (aka yoga balls) around the Curtin Hall fountain and demanding, “Why hoard?” and “Why squander?” Thanks, Klotsche Center, for lending us the yoga balls!

alt text description for photo below: students stand near the fountain beside Curtin Hall outside of Curtin Hall, with large gray yoga balls in lieu of boulders

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