CUNY Academic Commons | Alanis Rodriguez | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/alanis26/activity/ Activity feed for Alanis Rodriguez. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 2a0b04b9278a998a0d7f41448858d345 Alanis Rodriguez wrote a new post on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=786 Wed, 22 Dec 2021 03:20:28 -0500 Throughout The Divine Comedy by Dante and Il Canzoniere by Petrarca, women and love are portrayed in very similar ways that intrigued me. During this course, I loved reading these particular texts because these […]

]]> bec5afbbe5729f7f4f5512cc6e235771 Alanis Rodriguez wrote a new post on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=756 Sat, 11 Dec 2021 22:23:50 -0500 In The Prince, Machiavelli uses very vivid examples and descriptions to support his point of view on how actions and destiny determine a prince’s success. In chapter 25, destiny refers to circumstances that are c […]

]]> cdfedb603b598f927b53805b870b2f56 Alanis Rodriguez commented on the post, Today's activity, on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/todays-activity/#comment-1146 Thu, 02 Dec 2021 15:51:19 -0500 In order to prove his claim, he introduces two leaders: Francesco Sforza and Cesare Borgia. Sforza, with great ability, went from being a private person to Duke of Milan. Borgia, on the other hand, acquired his […]

]]> 6422b0d11f52f09b3330b949f587f7e7 Alanis Rodriguez wrote a new post on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=656 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 03:49:08 -0500 Angela Da Foligno’s story has amazing imagery that came through very strongly. In her story, she talks about the steps it took that made her closer to God. In my opinion, the step that had the best imagery was s […]

]]> 72e81b3236dca665c865222ac4dbedd8 Alanis Rodriguez wrote a new post on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=552 Sun, 14 Nov 2021 04:14:53 -0500 In Boccaccio’s writing, there are many themes that were brought to light. For me, the most significant was women. I love the way women were portrayed in his writing because I feel like it gave them an edge that […]

]]> f72f5cfee960a0b01725be5b902991ac Alanis Rodriguez commented on the post, Canzoniere 134: Hurt, on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/canzoniere-134-hurt/#comment-386 Sun, 31 Oct 2021 02:34:11 -0400 Gianni, I love how well you described each line that you included from the Canzoniere. I appreciate the way you emphasized certain lines to signify their importance. I also like the word you chose, hurt, because I […]

]]> d7d1d99a12a7cd2ab354e7df811d1066 Alanis Rodriguez wrote a new post on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=452 Sat, 23 Oct 2021 02:24:28 -0400 In poem 159, there were very vivid descriptions of Laura. In the first stanza, Pertrarca questioned where in heaven nature took the model to obtain her lovely face and show her power down here with the rest of […]

]]> f2f58ff97da1fa75ac3ca0add39dcb5d Alanis Rodriguez wrote a new post on the site Dante to Machiavelli at CCNY https://ital28100.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=377 Sun, 03 Oct 2021 02:03:50 -0400 In the Inferno, Love is depicted in many different forms. Dante’s motivation to make his journey through hell was because of the love Beatrice, who is in heaven, had for him. The reason why she left heaven was […]

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