So for the storybook project, I've decided to do something with Dante's Inferno. Here are a few ideas I've come up with.
1) First-person account of certain portions of the trip as told by Virgil. We all know Virgil is Dante's guide through Hell, but the story is told by Dante, from his perspective. I think the first three levels, with an emphasis on Poets and Philosophers because Virgil was a poet. I think this style would have to be a frametale, with Virgil adding certain aspects that Dante didn't mention.
2) I could do an anthology from the perspective of those actually in Hell. Like in the section on Furies and Heretics, there are characters named individually, rather than being a nameless addition to a particular division of Hell. Perhaps a divided storybook with first-person accounts of what certain people did to deserve their punishment and how long they've been there (based on the estimated time of their death and when Dante actually wrote the Inferno).
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3) Charon is the ferryman to Hell. Now, everyone who enters the gates of Hell have to ride his ferry to get there. As the ride to Hell would often be one many people would regret being on, one would imagine Charon's riders would be remorseful and share their stories with him. He is a cruel driver, as Virgil explains to Dante, but that doesn't mean he can't hear and occasionally respond to people's stories. This would allow for tie-ins to other stories or characters involved in Dante's journey through the circles of Hell.
4) Some people have it easier, in a relative sense of the word of course, than others in Hell. For example, the people in the first circle (Limbo) live in an "inferior version of Heaven." Now, to get to the lower levels where the truly evil sinners reside, one must go through every level preceding. A first-person account from either a person in a higher level watching as others go further, or a person destined for the lower levels lamenting his sins as he watches as his punishment gets continually worse. An account from one of the final three, Judas, Brutus and Cassius, as they realize where they are destined would be an interesting way to do it.
These aren't necessarily ordered in any particular preference, these were just the order I thought of them.
For reference: Dante's Layers of Hell
Mythology-Folklore Unit: Dante's Inferno
1) First-person account of certain portions of the trip as told by Virgil. We all know Virgil is Dante's guide through Hell, but the story is told by Dante, from his perspective. I think the first three levels, with an emphasis on Poets and Philosophers because Virgil was a poet. I think this style would have to be a frametale, with Virgil adding certain aspects that Dante didn't mention.
2) I could do an anthology from the perspective of those actually in Hell. Like in the section on Furies and Heretics, there are characters named individually, rather than being a nameless addition to a particular division of Hell. Perhaps a divided storybook with first-person accounts of what certain people did to deserve their punishment and how long they've been there (based on the estimated time of their death and when Dante actually wrote the Inferno).
The Remorse of Orestes, as he is tormented by the Erinyes
3) Charon is the ferryman to Hell. Now, everyone who enters the gates of Hell have to ride his ferry to get there. As the ride to Hell would often be one many people would regret being on, one would imagine Charon's riders would be remorseful and share their stories with him. He is a cruel driver, as Virgil explains to Dante, but that doesn't mean he can't hear and occasionally respond to people's stories. This would allow for tie-ins to other stories or characters involved in Dante's journey through the circles of Hell.
4) Some people have it easier, in a relative sense of the word of course, than others in Hell. For example, the people in the first circle (Limbo) live in an "inferior version of Heaven." Now, to get to the lower levels where the truly evil sinners reside, one must go through every level preceding. A first-person account from either a person in a higher level watching as others go further, or a person destined for the lower levels lamenting his sins as he watches as his punishment gets continually worse. An account from one of the final three, Judas, Brutus and Cassius, as they realize where they are destined would be an interesting way to do it.
These aren't necessarily ordered in any particular preference, these were just the order I thought of them.
For reference: Dante's Layers of Hell
Bibliography:
The Inferno
Dante Alighieri
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Charon (mythology). Website. Wikipedia
Mythology-Folklore Unit: Dante's Inferno
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