The Inferno By Dante Alighieri

One of the major themes which Dante inferno raises is the nature of the virtues. Like the spirits of hell, the spirits that are encountered by Dante have all sinned. The spirits out there were punished

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

Virgil and Dante proceed down into Hell; in Hell Dante sins in every circle, committing the sin that represents each circle. After Dante sins in each circle he begins to learn and grow as a person realizing his mistakes but Dante is still his proud, careless self. In the circle of the wrathful, containing the sinners full of anger, Dante scolds one man saying “may you weep and wail to all eternity, for I know you hell-dog”. Dante is becoming angry just like the

Dante’s descent into Hell in Inferno, the first part of his Divine Comedy, tells of the author’s experiences in Hades as he is guided through the abyss by the Roman author, Virgil. The text is broken into cantos that coincide with the different circles and sub-circles of Hell that Dante and Virgil witness and experience. Inferno is heavily influenced by classic Greek and Roman texts and Dante makes references to a myriad of characters, myths, and legends that take place in Virgil’s Aeneid, Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Some of the most important references, however, are the most obvious ones that are easily overlooked simply because of the fact that they are so blatant. Dante is being escorted through Hell by the

Furthermore, those he converses with had impacted Dante in some way during his lifetime. The combination of religion and nationality begin to form the prominent factors of Dante's identity as he commences his journey through Hell in order to reestablish himself as a committed Catholic.

Solely based on moral beliefs Dante's poem is obviously a deeply Christian standpoint. One might be surprised, then, to find that it is filled with allusions to pagan mythology and is populated not just by biblical figures, but also by characters of Greek and Roman myth and history. However taking place in hell on the evening of Good Friday through the morning of Easter Sunday in approximately the year 1300. The Inferno is an evil that is a contradiction to God's will; as most of the punishments of the sinners correspond symbolically to the sins they committed themselves. The walk through a dark and confusing world represents the life journey of men and women. Dante’s extensive literary treatment of death and afterlife aims to both comfort and warn; envisioning rewards for the

Now in Circle Nine, Virgil points out the face of Satan to which Dante cowers behind Virgil in numbing fear. "Do not ask, Reader, how my blood ran cold/ and my voice choked up with fear. I cannot write it: / this is a terror that cannot be told."(XXXIV 22-24). In striking fear Dante looks to Virgil to quell his emotions and protect him. Virgil simply goes on to explain who the 3 souls that Satan chews on are, unfathomed. The only way to get out of hell is to climb Lucifer, Virgil puts Dante on his back and begins climbing. "Then, as he bade, I clasped his neck, and he, / watching for a moment when the wings/ were opened wide, reached over dexterously/ and seized the shaggy coat of the king demon;."(XXXIV 70-73). Dante's own blood runs cold at the sight of Satan's 3 horrifying faces. With the presence and reason of his guide he is able to battle his own fear through the last part of their Journey

Joseph Miller English 231 4-27-15 Justice and Pity in Dante’s Inferno Dante was obviously very interested in the underworld, and afterlife. His work regarding hell included references to many historical figures, political leaders, and Greek gods. I found the most interesting aspect of this story to be the relationship between crime and punishment, or simply put, justice. In Inferno, Dante tells us that god had created Hell for justice.

Journeys can be taken many ways. Some people take the path less traveled and some people take the easy way out. Dante happens to be on journey that is less traveled, by exploring the depths of Hell in the Inferno. The epic poem’s story is about self-realization and transformation. It sees Dante over coming many things to realize he is a completely different person from the start of the Inferno journey. Dante sees many things that help him gain courage in order to prove to himself and the reader that accepting change and gaining courage can help one to grow as a person and realize their full potential. After seeing people going through certain punishment Dante realizes that he must not seek pity on himself and others in order to fully realize his true potential.

Dante is described as someone who is trying to find God in his life, even journeying through Hell to do so. However, along the way Dante begins to see things that bring out the worst in him. Dante sees two of his old political rivals, at two separate times with two separate punishments, and he stopped to enjoy their pain and even laugh at them. Obviously this is not something he would do in his normal life, so it is safe to assume that spending time in Hell is taking a toll on his judgement.

This is evident when he is traveling through the rings of hell and breaks down into tears several times due to the nature of what it is that he is seeing. One of Dante’s most notable and admirable traits is his empathy. He is extremely sympathetic towards the souls stuck in Hell, and he acknowledges that these souls seek love too. Virgil, the man who takes Dante on

Dante is a poet who wrote an epic poem called The Divine Comedy. This epic poem is about Dante’s journey as he goes through 3 levels, which he calls Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise. In the Inferno, he meets Virgil, his guide throughout his voyage. They both pass through the nine circles of Hell, where they witness many different punishments for those who have done awful things in their past. Good versus evil is a major theme that occurred throughout Hell. In the Inferno, there are times where Dante sees good and evil and also represents it himself.

Abstract Through Schoder’s “Vergil in the Divine Comedy,” Ryan’s “Virgil and Dante: A Study in Contrasts,” Balassaro’s “Dante the Pilgrim: Everyman as Sinner,” Mazotta’s “An Epilogue,” and through my observations of the “The Divine Comedy” by Dante Alighieri, the two Dantes, Dante the Poet and Dante the Pilgrim, treat characters in “The Divine Comedy” very differently and have different motives. They use each encounter to display their personality traits, while also using each other to relay a message to the reader. For example, both the poet and the pilgrim treat Virgil with high respect and admiration even though he represents a pagan sinner in “The Divine Comedy.” Half the research I have done explains the relationship between Dante and Virgil, Virgil’s personality, and the treatment of the two lovers, Francesca and Paolo, and the two haters, Count Ugolino and Archbishop Ruggieri.

The Inferno The role of church during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries was extremely important especially the Roman Catholic Church. The role of church determined all facets of life culturally, politically, socially etc. According to spark notes Dante’s personal life and writings were greatly influenced by the politics of late-thirteenth-century Florence.

     Judging by the character in the story Dante is a god fearing man who has moral issues in his life. He seem to be in a constant fight with himself about the right way he should live his life. By the end of the story Dante gives the impression that he a is strong believer in the theory of “you reap what you sow”. By the end of the story Dante gives you the impression that he does not feel pity for sinners being punished because he looks at it as a form of divine intervention.