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Dante’s Inferno was written by Dante Alighieri through the years 1308 and 1321. Dante Alighieri was a political leader, as he was named prior of Florence, Italy, and was also a White Guelph, one who was in favor of the pope, but believed Boniface VIII was corrupt. Dante was also a florentine poet. As Dante was writing this story, he created a character to represent himself. This character dreams himself going on a journey that literally takes him through the depths of Hell, purgatory, and Heaven

James Gallagher Professor Bernadette Waterman Ward Literary Tradition II 2/2/18 The Old Man In the Third Ring of the Seventh Circle, Dante and Virgil can see a statue of an Old Man. On a literal level, the Old Man is a part of a mountain and is the source of all rivers in Hell. Dante describes the statue as having gold for the head, silver for the chest and arms, brass down to his cleft, iron for his legs, and clay for his right foot. Throughout the structure, there are cracks except for the golden

What If Virgil… Could Not Pass? In Dante’s influential The Divine Comedy: Purgatory, the character Virgil, Dante’s kindly guide throughout his endeavors, plays a crucial role from the beginning to end of the text; seemingly no events occur throughout Dante’s otherworldly perception of his religious universe without the intervention or involvement of Virgil along the path of the Dante character. For instance, in The Divine Comedy: Inferno, Virgil accompanies and instills holy knowledge upon Dante

In the modern day society that we live in there are no real punishments for the sins defined in Dante’s society. According to Dante, the sinners of Bolgia 1 & 2 were those that have spent their lives on earth being panderers, seducers, or flatterers. The panderers and seducers of Bolgia 1 were people who sold women as prostitutes or lured people into having sex with them. The flatterers of Bolgia 2 would dehumanize others by using foul language. In The Inferno, their punishments were to be whipped

Lastly, many writers like T.S. Eliot believed that Dante's inferno is one of the greatest single poetry written. This is because Dante uses many different language techniques to leave an impression on the audience. Throughout the poem readers will realize many literary elements but mainly allegory. According to Oxford English Dictionary an allegory is “ a use of symbols in story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning”. An allegory can be understood in a different manner

Dante’s Inferno and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales are both tremendously significant literary works that are still relevant to this present day. Dante’s Inferno depicts one pilgrim being led into the depths of Hell at the hands of a guide named Virgil. As the two descend into Hell, it becomes apparent that Dante has strong religious opinions that influence his placement of several individuals into the various levels of Hell. One thing he makes obvious in his works is that hypocrisy and fraudulence

Dante Says Up (A critique on Dante’s The Inferno, Up On Your Feet Passage) As the great Norman Vincent Peale once said, “The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.” In Dante’s The Inferno, he creates a vivid image of what his version of hell looks like. Hell isn’t the typical hell, which they talk about in movies. You have to put everything else away when you start to read about Dante’s The Inferno. In Canto XXIV, circle eight, the passage, “Up

Mary Shelley once wrote,“Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.” Shelley talks about stepping away from society and learning to focus your mind. This connects to nature and romanticism by way of focusing on the natural world. When Shelley wrote Frankenstein, industrialism was on the rise. Industrialism is social or economic system built on manufacturing industries. This pulled people further from nature and

A Guide for the Unexpected In his epic poem, the Inferno, Dante makes Virgil his guide throughout the journey into Hell. Dante and Virgil visit every part of Hell and learn of the sins and punishments for people who have done wrong in life. As they travel, Virgil describes the sinners and environments they encounter in Hell. However, a closer look at the poem displays Virgil in a new light. Although Dante seems to use Virgil as a guide in the Inferno, Virgil only serves as clarification for the reader

1. “That’s good; it’s always painful to see a friend fail to do his duty.” (Pg. 4) This quote explains what kind of a man Danglars is in the beginning of the novel and also how much hatred he has for Edmond Dantes, which is continued towards the climax too. 2. “Whether I’m captain or first mate, Monsieur Morrel/ I’ll always have great respect for those who have the confidence of my ship owners.” (Pg. 5) This quote is important because it explains how Dantes thinks of other people-with no hatred-