ITALIAN 333 Enacts Dante’s Inferno

Students in ITALIAN 333: Dante’s Divine Comedy in Translation act out a circle of Dante’s Inferno on Monday, September 15 at the fountain outside of Curtin Hall. Dante students acted the roles of the Inferno’s hoarders and squanderers, pushing boulders (aka yoga balls) around the fountain and demanding, “Why hoard?” and “Why waste?”. Students held their hands open, to symbolize wasting, or fists closed, to symbolize hoarding. Thanks, Klotsche Center, for lending us the yoga balls!

Students by the fountain
Students group picture

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