How Cultural And Physical Changes Affect Dante's Inferno

The cultural, physical, geographical surroundings of Hell shape and affect Dante Allegri and his psychological and moral trails as a person. From the moment Dante had stepped into Hell he had changed as our surroundings can change who we are. Dante was changed morally and righteously after he had witnessed Hell and what would come for him soon. As the comedy begins, ‘Midway upon the journey of our lives, I had found myself in a forest dark…’ (Dante’s Inferno page 1), Dante is middle-ranged and very conflicted. He was lost, yes, but also lost in what to believe and how he falls upon in this life. After being told by the spirit Virgil that he could come with him and visit the spiritual plains for himself, he believes it to be the only way for him to truly understand how he belongs and what his purpose is. His geographical surroundings are known as Hell and Dante believes for a time that he might never go back up into what he believes was Earth. Dante begins to feel afraid but agrees to trust Virgil to guide him in this unknown place. However he must agree to not succumb to those who are …show more content…
The home of sinners, murders, and terrible people alike. Hell is the home of the poor unfortunate souls who gave into their sins and are being tortured for all entirely. Dante unfortunately succumbed to all of his latent sins the farer he went down. Throughout the novel- until the very end with his realization- Dante gives into his fears, his lust, his greed, and his wrath. He begins feeling sad and pitiful for everyone being trapped down here yet ends up kicking away a man who begs for forgiveness, a women seduces him and he enjoys it and even ignores his own mother who tries to repent for her sins. He changed because of what was around him much like how a succubus makes a man do a terrible things. Hell in all its glory affected him more than he could say but that just shows how a person can be influenced by any one person or