Believable In Dante's Inferno

Have you ever felt like you were going through Hell? In Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, Dante goes through physical and emotional struggles on his journey through Hell. Dante is believable because he is dramatic, biased, and he shows emotion.

Dante is believable because he is very dramatic. In canto one of the novel, Dante exclaims,” Death could scarce be more bitter than that place!” Have you ever been in the car and smelled something not very pleasant and thought it was the worst smell in the world? Dante’s reaction from only looking at his surroundings for two seconds is equivalent to the bad smell. You have not smelled every different scent in the entire world, and Dante has not died yet. In canto three, Dante, “stumbled into darkness and went down.” This quote means that he fainted. Dante faints because he is in shock and scared. Shock and fear are natural reactions when something horrifying, such as an earthquake is witnessed. …show more content…
In canto eight, Dante calls Filippo Argenti,” hell-dog,” and,” so filthy and so foul.” This shows that Dante is biased because Filippo Argenti is his enemy. In general, people hate their enemies and Hell is the worst place anyone could go. Dante is glad that Argenti ends up in Hell and that he is suffering because he strongly dislikes Argenti. Dante does not know about his personal life, or if he does or does not repent. In canto five, Dante says to Francesca,” what you suffer here melts me to tears of pity and pain.” Dante knows that what Francesca did was wrong but, he does not believe it is that horrible of a sin so he still has pity for her, even though Virgil gets mad when Dante shows sympathy to the