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Originally Posted by DixieGal
Easy answer: Milton's Paradise Lost
Totally not what a HS senior is thinking about. Not even in the special "advanced" class.
However, in college, I got to be the "brainy one" who already had a background with the material. Still don't love it, but certainly appreciate it as important literature.
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As it happens, I
do love Milton. Dante as well, though the Inferno seems superior to the Purgatorio and the Paradisio. And approaching Dante as an adult with a broader knowledge gave it more depth. Dante had a lot of fun skewering political opponents of his day by placing them in various circles of Hell, but Italian Renaissance politics wasn't part of the HS English curriculum.
I knew a guy who taught English, and got interesting responses when he asked his students what circle of Hell they thought they might wind up in. The one reserved for folks guilty of the sin of Lust was pretty popular. However, no one saw themselves as a Satan munchy.
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Dennis