First Try Thesis Statements for Review
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Put a box around the subject of the thesis (not of the sentence).
Underline the devices cited.
Circle any tone word(s) used.
Draw a squiggly line under any thematic statement that is made.
1. In Dantes Inferno, "Canto I," Dante uses the Leopard, Lion, and She-wolf to demonstrate that sin will
prevent one from getting into heaven and that with the help of Virgil, who is a symbol goodness, will help
him go back on the straight and narrow path.
2. In Canto I of his poem "The Inferno" Dante Alighieri uses imagery of beasts and juxtaposition of hills and
woods to convey that sin can only be reconciled with counsel or else it shall steer one back off the 'true
way' of God.
3. In his book, "The Inferno" Canto I, the author uses symbols such as sin, human reason, and divine love to
convey the idea that there are many different aspects of human nature and each plays a different role in
reaching "The Mount of Joy" or eternal happiness.
4. Within the first Canto of "The Inferno", Dante Alighieri contrasts an image using darkness and light to
further express the internal struggle of the main character in a dark wood, pitted against brutal animals to
convey the losing of a spiritual past and the compelling force of faith in the absence of God.
5. In the Novel "Dante's Inferno" written by Dante Alighieri, uses the great hill that Dante sees to contrast
with the dark and tangled valley is approaches from to convey the idea that the heavens above are meant
to be our escape and offer protection from the paths we mistakenly stray to, for we are meant to
understand as humans that the top of the hill top where the sun is shining is our sanctuary and oasis from
the cruel and unknown.
6. In his poem "Inferno," Dante uses the metaphorical struggle up the steep mountain, together with the
menacing monsters of sin to convey not only Dante the character's clash with sin, but the numerous
problems's he see's with the morality of his time.
7. Within Canto I of "The Inferno", Dante juxtaposes a dark forest and ferocious beasts with a steep,
illuminated hill to illustrate the concept that sin cannot simply be refuted but must be wholeheartedly
rejected through the internalization of God's morals.
8. In the poem The Inferno, Dante illustrates a deviation from the straight road and places three murderous
beasts before Dante the pilgrim, forcing him to descend with Virgil, to convey the idea that he must
confront the evils and sins of humanity before ascending to a higher moral state and retaining a better
understanding of how to follow the right path.
9. In the first canto of “The Inferno,” Alighieri uses imagery of paths blocked by horrid creatures and harsh
environments to convey the idea that sin is both obstructing and hurtful in the human journey towards
God, and yet portrays itself as the path of least resistance as man is driven to work harder for divine love.