How Does Virgil Help Dante's Inferno

Because of how highly regarded Beatrice was in Dante’s mind, this influenced his opinions of all other women. Beatrice is a woman residing in Heaven who Dante fell in love with when he was younger. She is the perfection of womanhood and helps Dante by asking an angel to tell Virgil to help guide Dante through the circles of Hell. She speaks nothing of his physical structure, instead she shows genuine compassion for him. When Virgil tells Dante the story of how he found him, he spoke of how Beatrice wept for Dante when telling

The poem Inferno is about a man who has “lost the path that does not stray” (Inferno, Canto I, line 3) where “the path” represents the path to Heaven. Dante, having strayed from the path, is in danger of being sent to Hell. When Beatrice, whom Dante loved before her early death, finds out that Dante has strayed she becomes worried that he will not be able to join her in Heaven. Beatrice wants to help Dante find God again, but because she is an angel, she cannot walk through Hell or Purgatory and in her stead she asks the Roman poet Virgil to guide Dante on a cautionary trip. Much the way Dante travels through Hell in the Divine Comedy, Macbeth must endure the consequences of his actions.

But Virgil comes to the poor, powerless Dante. He will never really do anything alone from this point on, which is good because in order for Dante to understand and learn he must have a teacher, t here must be some authority for Dante. There is a grey hound that is mentioned (canto 1, line 78-88, Alighieri). I think that this grey hound is Virgil, because he represents the savior of Dante. He is said to represent intellect, and in Dante's mind that is what is needed to be reasonable, and reason conquers all desires and weaknesses.

Dante made it through many different obstacles and layers of hell, but he could not of made it through his journey without Virgil. The character in the book is being alluded to the Roman poet Publius Vergilius Maro. Maro believed and wrote a legendary piece of literature that stated the mission to civilize the world under divine guidance. He not only wrote about these ways of life but he did his best to

Virgil is an effective teacher. Throughout the cantos Virgil is described as a wonderful guider who was very motivated to assist Dante. Virgil wanted Dante to learn about the nine circles of hell and the type of punishment being served to different souls. For example in Canto one Virgil mentions "Soul in fire and yet content in fire" (I.112). Additionally, Virgil has a non-philosophical educational approach since he does not ask Dante any question but only explains everything to him. For example, Virgil describes the characteristics of Beatrice fully stating “She tracks down all, kills all, and knows no glut” (I.92). Virgil is also a very consistent educator because when Dante “soul’s ruin” he appears in order to provide hope to Dante. Furthermore, the core strength of Virgil styles of teaching is he explains all details in a comprehensive manner to Dante.

Virgil- Beatrice sends Virgil to Earth to retrieve Dante and act as his guide through Hell and Purgatory.  Since the poet Virgil lived before Christianity, he dwells in Limbo (Ante-Inferno) with other righteous non-Christians.  As author, Dante chooses the character Virgil to act as his guide because he admired Virgil's work above all other poets and because Virgil had written of a similar journey through the underworld.  Thus, Virgil's character knows the way through Hell and can act as Dante's knowledgeable guide while he struggles alongside Dante

Beatrice enlisted the help of Virgil, someone whom Dante had admired, to take him on a journey through Hell, and hopefully he would want to return to the Lord. His journey took him to different parts of Hell. The punishment was different in each part, according to the sins that were committed. Everyone there wished they had not sinned, but it was too late for them. As he neared the end of his journey, his Master told him.

In Dante’s Inferno, the relationship between Dante the Pilgrim and Virgil the Guide is an ever-evolving one. By analyzing the transformation of this relationship as the two sojourn through the circles of hell, one is able to learn more about the mindset of Dante the Poet.  At the outset, Dante is clearly subservient to Virgil, whom he holds in high esteem for his literary genius. However, as the work progresses, Virgil facilitates Dante’s spiritual enlightenment, so that by the end, Dante has ascended to Virgil’s spiritual level and has in many respects surpassed him. In Dante’s journey with respect to Virgil, one can see

Dante Alighieri's Inferno is a first hand account of a journey into the darkest and innermost depths of Hell through the eyes of a 14th century Italian poet. Alighieri writes himself as the main character as he travels throughout the different levels of Hell with the guidance of his trustworthy mentor and great poet, Virgil. Virgil teaches Dante many lessons along the way but he stresses the importance of the sinners and why deserve they deserve their punishments. Virgil uses this as a tool to persuade Dante on how salvation from God is the ultimate goal to stay on the path of righteousness. Personally, Alighieri's inclusion of the character Virgil was an aspect of the book that was most appealing to me.

In Dante’s Inferno, the readers walk along-side Dante and Virgil as they take a journey through Hell. Dante believes that worldly honest truths and glory to God pave an excellent path for souls in the afterlife. Dante uses an allegory to relate the poem to every man’s tribulation through sin and moments of weakness that effect the realms of how a life for God is lived. The poem focuses on Hell and the tortures sinners go through for the different sins committed in the real world. What if Virgil plays a God figure to Dante as he uncovers the truths of Hell and what happens to those who live a life sinning against God.

Dante however proves himself to be a hypocrite and often reflects his own sins and hubris in his work. His guide throughout hell, and later purgatory, is none other than Virgil, one of history’s finest and most accomplished epic poets. In the very first circle of hell, Limbo, he places himself among the other great epic poets: “He is Homer, sovereign poet, next comes Horace the satirist, Ovid is third, the last is Lucan. ‘Since each is joined to me in the name the one voice uttered, they do me honor and doing so, do well.’ There I saw assembled the fair school of the lord of loftiest song, soaring like an eagle far above the rest. After they conversed a while, they turned to me with signs of greeting, and my master smiled at this. And then they showed me greater honor still, for they made me one of their company, so I became the sixth amidst such wisdom.”-Divine Comedy, Dante’s Inferno, Canto IV, lines 88-102.

As Dante makes his ascent through hell and purgatory, he is guided by two figures. The first is Virgil, who saves him from peril and accompanies him, as a friend, through the layers of both afterlifes. The second is Beatrice, who inspired Dante’s journey of salvation in the first place, and who he longs to be reunited with. Yet although these guides are leading him towards God, Dante mistakes their guiding as the end itself. He makes a God of Beatrice, sees her as the ultimate good towards which one strives, and makes a Jesus of Virgil, the man through whom this ultimate good is reached. In this way, Dante creates his own trinity, much to the detriment of his ascent to the True God.

Dante’s Inferno begins in a dark forest, a place of confusion, because he lost his way on the “true path”. Seeking an escape, Dante finds a hill where the sun glares down on him. This light seen in Dante’s Inferno symbolizes clarity as the sun represents God. After encountering three beasts and turning back to the murky forest, Dante crosses paths with the great Roman Poet, Virgil. Virgil is an aid and guide to Dante to Heaven, the ultimate Paradise. He warns Dante he must pass through Hell and Purgatory in order to reach his salvation in heaven. Virgil is depicted as nature or human reason perfected by virtue. It is strongly emphasized that Virgil can only take Dante so far in his journey by guiding him to heaven. Much like St. Thomas Aquinas’ reasoning, nature or human reason can only bring you so far in the journey to God. As Virgil and Dante approach the mouth of Hell, Virgil preaches to Dante about a woman in Heaven who took pity upon Dante when he was lost in hell. The woman Virgil speaks of is Dante’s departed love Beatrice. After Dante hears that Beatrice is heaven he now sheds the fear of traveling through Hell and Purgatorio.

I mean, on the surface, it doesn’t make much sense to send someone who is alive to see the world of the dead! However, this does make sense as Dante’s goal was to get the general populace to have at least some idea to what awaits them is they don’t act like the best version of themselves. In fact, he makes great use of the generalities evident in society. Dante, the Everyman, symbolizes all humans’ personas, Virgil symbolizes human reason, and Beatrice (who sent Virgil with God) symbolizes divine love. Dante wants everyone to be aware of the limits of us humans in our search for divine love and justice. Broadening one’s horizons and delving into foreign landscapes is a peak interest for humans and what more desolate and alien landscape than Hell. Curiosity is intrinsic in human nature and is what drives us to get more in touch with our surroundings. From now on it important for us to treat the traversing of Dante from one circles to the next as a journey without end. Humans will forever be fighting these sins and will forever need guidance to avoid them, no matter the time period. After a mostly smooth pilgrimage through Hell, the Poets come across a brief pitstop at the Wall of Dis. Now this wall is not just a physical block for exploration, but also a mental and spiritual one. NEED QUOTE ABOUT THIS. Through the sins of the lion, Virgil was able to use human reason to traverse through them

In the Divine Comedy, Dante has landed in a dark forest, lost and confused. He is heading to the mountain that he seeked to reach Heaven. Before he reaches Heaven, he has to surpass Hell and Purgatory. During his journey, he has acknowledged multiple important characters but Virgil is considered the most significant because he was a personal tutor to Dante, and enlightened him more than any other individual. Virgil is seen as just a “guide” to Dante, but there’s more meaning behind it. He has his moments of being seen as a friend, a leader, a teacher, and a parental figure.