Students’ Questions about Literature Page 15

The Divine Comedy was important to the Renaissance because it emphasized the importance of the individual and the value of human achievement.

Leaves of Grass is a collection of poems by Walt Whitman. The poems are about nature, love, and death.

The two warring classes in the communist manifesto are the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.

Hawthorne wrote the Scarlet Letter to explore the themes of sin, guilt, and redemption.

Moniba is a student at the all-girls Swat Valley School in Pakistan. She is also the daughter of Ziauddin Yousafzai, the founder and headmaster of the school.

Paris is the son of King Priam of Troy and Queen Hecuba. He is also the brother of Hector, and the husband of Helen of Sparta.

There is no real answer to this question since it is a work of fiction. However, many people believe that there may be some truth to the story since it is based on historical events and figures.

The Canterbury Tales reflects the middle ages society because it is a story about a group of people who are on a pilgrimage. The pilgrims come from different social backgrounds and they all have different stories to tell.

The Canterbury Tales represented a cross section of late medieval society. The pilgrims included a Knight, a Monk, a Friar, a Merchant, a Clerk, a Wife of Bath, and a Miller, among others.

The Divine Comedy is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent work in Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature.