Dante’s Inferno by Dante Alighieri remains a work that is one of the most haunting and influential works in Western literature, despite being over six hundred years old. The idea of Hell crafted by Dante has inspired many different people since it was written. It is admired for its vivid and horrible imagery, and the lasting impression that it leaves on the readers of this work. One of the sensory elements in Dante’s Inferno is the darkness that is all throughout the work. This is not just the literal darkness, but this also refers the darkness that is Hell. At the beginning of the work Dante the pilgrim finds himself wondering around a dark forest. In Canto VII Virgil and Dante make it to the Fourth Circle of Hell. This is where many men
