FDWLD 101 Section:
December 9, 2017
One of the greatest unknowns that the human being has had over time is if there is life after earthly death, many people have tried to answer this question one of these people was Dante Alighieri the work has as its main axis, the search of Dante who is helped by Virgil, to find the inspiration of his poems, traveling 3 places to achieve his goal.
The Divine Comedy recounts Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. The poem begins with Virgil's encounter with Dante, who has lost himself in a jungle and encounters wild beasts. Virgil confesses to the poet who has come in the name of Beatrice, a virtuous lady, and leads him along a long path of redemption that begins in Averno. The central theme of the Comedy is Dante's journey, along which he will find his own identity. But, since ancient times, travel represents human life, in such a way that it would not only be about the acquisition of experiences, but also to look for a symbolism at each stage, at each of the steps through those that the traveler walks: Hell begins at night, equivalent to despair; the arrival to Purgatory takes place at dawn, symbol of …show more content…
Like every human being as well as having a different conception in the different themes of life, they also have it in a subject as controversial as the existence of a heaven and hell. Many people consider hell as a place where all the people who commit their sins in life and for those who are not forgiven go; while other people experience it as a hell that is experienced while in tangible