Epilogue To Dante's Inferno

Luckily, Dante so quickly and easily followed me into this journey, but it perplexes me how this can be the same person Beatrice implored me to help. I listened and continue to execute exactly what Beatrice wished. I write this as the naive boy happens to lie on the ground after seeing shades a couple steps beyond Hell’s doorway and experiencing an earthquake. Based on Beatrice’s words, I expected this guy to have a little more maturity, but who knows in this day and age. This fool should have comprehended the sign that we saw right at this journey’s threshold and it should have scared him away right from the beginning. If he faints in this circle, I have no hope that he will ever make it through the rest of Hell. Does this storm differ from the ones in his hometown? Has he never witnessed a storm? I assumed this pilgrim would not fear a storm …show more content…
How did he faint after seeing Hell’s threshold, but not after the scary beast at the entrance? How can he continue if he continuously faints after seeing the slightest sin? I understand he feels guilty for these sins and souls; however, he can not drop every time he feels pity or else we will spend half of our journey with him on the ground. It’s a necessity that he understands that these souls have put this upon themselves; they cheated on their partners. We passed Cleopatra and Helen among the other lustful, but Dante only became emotional and guilty after being approached by Francesca. Francesca fell in love with her husband’s brother, so she completely deserves this contrapasso, but Dante is too naive to see this. He needs to become aware of this concept immediately or this partnership will not end as successfully as he hopes. Can he not understand this? I will need to have an intervention for him, so he understands that the deeper we will go, the worse the sins will be. I need him to see my side of the story soon or he will never reach