Imagine you are Dante the poet, devising a punishment in Hell for two people, Iago from Othello and Rupert Murdoch. Locate each person in one of the layers of Dante’s Hell (justifying why they should be there), or invent your own circle or pouch of Hell situated among Dante’s layers, along with an appropriate punishment that fits the crime.
Next, write a narrative of the encounter with each person from the point of view of your own Dantepilgrim and Virgil-guide. This creative assignment must use the tone, style, and distinctive
tropes that characterize Dante’s epic (though you do not have to use poetic form). The creative portion of the assignment should be 4 pages, and it must be accompanied by a 1.5- to 2-page critical discussion of how and why you made your stylistic/rhetorical choices.
