The Inferno was written in Italian vernacular instead of the most common use of latin literature. Dante wrote in Italian vernacular …show more content…
Beatrice the last woman to give the indirect news from the Virgin Mary acts as Dante's spiritual guide. She has a personal attraction to Dante, which further inspires her to help him. Saint Lucy is a historically found in biblical time form when she died as a martyr, in which the Virgin Mary also redeemed Beatrice's soul from Hell into Heaven. The Virgin Mary, like Saint Lucy, is another Christian allusion. Virgin Mary is the only woman who can change the fate of your afterlife in heaven. Mary is significant because she sent Saint Lucy to tell Beatrice to seek Virgil and speak on Dante's behalf so that Virgil can help Dante complete his path of righteousness.
Dante created the "neutral angels" because they symbolize the cowards that were unwilling to choose a side between the Lord or Satan. This is a metaphor for his stance against the Italian government from when they rejected him. Now he is not afraid to say what he believes for an allegiance he is willing to stand by, in which he believes that he will not be forgotten unlike the neutral angels chasing after a blank