1. Virgil is Dante’s guide, because to Dante, Virgil was the person that brought Dante honor in his writing style also he was a “famous sage” who represented reason. Dante respected Virgil and the wisdom that he gives which is why he was Dante’s guide. The nature of Virgil and Dante’s relationship was student and teacher. When they are speaking Dante even refers to Virgil as being: “You are my teacher”.
2. Dante was exiled because he was a part of the “White Guelphs” who opposed the “Black Guelphs” that favored Pope Boniface VIII. The Black Guelphs had seized control over Florence while Dante was away and since they knew he was a White Guelphs they exiled him. Dante was as said a “White Guelphs, who had come to oppose his despotism.”. Dante was for the pope governing affairs, but he was against Pope Boniface VIII governing the state. He also believed that “a strong ruler in the person of an idealized emperor” should stick to religious affairs. …show more content…
“Primordial Love” refers to God, which for those who did not love God were sent to hell to suffer for their sins. The souls who could not make decisions for good or evil are “nowhere” they reside in neither “Heaven, ... [who] cast them out, but even Hell itself would not receive them”. Their punishment for never choosing: “is to follow a banner at a furious pace forever, and to be tormented by flies and hornets”. The punishment is fitting for them because they “have no hope of truly dying” which makes them envy other people's fate. Dante, who travels through hell with the company of Virgil is how Beatrice fits in. Beatrice was the person that asked Virgil to accompany Dante through Hell “I have come to you just as she
2. Dante was exiled because he was a part of the “White Guelphs” who opposed the “Black Guelphs” that favored Pope Boniface VIII. The Black Guelphs had seized control over Florence while Dante was away and since they knew he was a White Guelphs they exiled him. Dante was as said a “White Guelphs, who had come to oppose his despotism.”. Dante was for the pope governing affairs, but he was against Pope Boniface VIII governing the state. He also believed that “a strong ruler in the person of an idealized emperor” should stick to religious affairs. …show more content…
“Primordial Love” refers to God, which for those who did not love God were sent to hell to suffer for their sins. The souls who could not make decisions for good or evil are “nowhere” they reside in neither “Heaven, ... [who] cast them out, but even Hell itself would not receive them”. Their punishment for never choosing: “is to follow a banner at a furious pace forever, and to be tormented by flies and hornets”. The punishment is fitting for them because they “have no hope of truly dying” which makes them envy other people's fate. Dante, who travels through hell with the company of Virgil is how Beatrice fits in. Beatrice was the person that asked Virgil to accompany Dante through Hell “I have come to you just as she