Dec 27, 2025 · Soothsayers are fortune tellers, or people who claim to be able to predict the future. In Canto XX, Dante and Vergil encounter these souls, forced to walk with their heads forever facing …

The soothsayer's warning to Caesar, delivered during the Feast of Lupercal, is a striking example of supernatural intervention in the play. In ancient Rome, soothsayers and augurs were respected ...

This quote is spoken by Virgil to Dante in Canto 20 of Dante's Inferno. Virgil rebukes Dante for feeling pity for the damned souls, suggesting that in Hell, pity is out of place—indeed, it is ...

Summary On another Roman street, thronged by commoners and senators, Caesar asks his wife, Calpurnia, to stand directly in the way of Mark Antony, who is set to begin the traditional footrace to ...

Other soothsayers predict that the king's disabled son will become Mali's savior, despite how improbable it seems. Unlike foreshadowing, which subtly hints at future events, prophecies in this ...

"History" is, of course, rarely clear to those for whom it is still the present; perhaps only soothsayers and manipulators like Antony have the skill to foresee the future. 18 Brutus does ...

Jocasta is the Queen of the city of Thebes and Creon’s sister. She is also Oedipus’s mother and wife, though neither she nor Oedipus knows this until too late. Just as Oedipus suffers a tragic ...

What do the soothsayers comments suggest? Question Answer Choices Fulvia will kill Antony Antony's success will be unparalleled Cleopatra is a traitor Antony will fall to Octavius

Compare and contrast Dante’s attitude and feelings toward Vanni Fucci and his attitude and feelings toward the soothsayers and fortune tellers in Canto XX. Why do you think there is a change?

Discussion of themes and motifs in Dante Alighieri's Dante's Inferno. eNotes critical analyses help you gain a deeper understanding of Dante's Inferno so you can excel on your essay or test.