Not being an English major or having much experience into dabbling with the minds of either Dante or Shakespeare any more than the common bystander I don’t feel like I have the proper knowledge to talk about these two well-known individuals. But, in the hopes of generating enough appealing material to purchase myself a good grade I will give it a shot. Looking at the quote by T.S Eliot “Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them. There is no third.” I have to say I don’t quite agree with his statement. I can’t bring myself to accept that statement either out of my incompetence or my inability to fully grasp my mind around it. In my mind comparing one author who created one widely known piece of work to someone who made a multitude
…show more content…
My first encounter with him wasn’t until 2010 or a little later when I picked up a copy of a video game called Dante’s Inferno, of course they changed up the storyline for entertainment purposes but it shared a lot of similarities and provided vivid artwork along with the story but unlike just and adventure story like the inferno this inferno was full of demons you had to hack and slash to get to the last level of hell in search of the love of your life Beatrice. Like the book though you ventured through all the different levels of hell and you were introduced to all the notable people from the book all while Virgil is guiding you towards the center and at the very end you get to enter into (either purgatory or paradise) with Beatrice and the game ends. In comparison it was a little more gore filled than the actual poem but it’s what introduced me to Dante and showed me some of what to expect in the comedy. Upon reading reviews I’ve seen multiple times statements being made in which the latter of the 3 (infeno, purgatorio, and paradiso). Such as references that the paradiso has the most beautiful passages such as when Dante looks into the face of God: "all 'alta fantasia qui mancò possa"—"at this high moment, ability failed my capacity to describe," Paradiso, XXXIII, 142. Which is the best thing he could of wrote, he can’t go about describing god in detail, no, it is better to be blinded by the majesties of a higher being. I know if I were to see god or any higher deity I would be taken aback and breathless to what I was seeing. It brings me to think about how the Greeks wrote about gods. Mortals we unable to gaze upon them in their true form. I can see why the inferno would be on our reading list instead of the latter two. It contains the most vivid imagery and it the most enjoyable to read (for me anyways). Earlier in the year I have talked to another student about the divine comedy and he got lost in purgatory, in the inferno it’s
My first encounter with him wasn’t until 2010 or a little later when I picked up a copy of a video game called Dante’s Inferno, of course they changed up the storyline for entertainment purposes but it shared a lot of similarities and provided vivid artwork along with the story but unlike just and adventure story like the inferno this inferno was full of demons you had to hack and slash to get to the last level of hell in search of the love of your life Beatrice. Like the book though you ventured through all the different levels of hell and you were introduced to all the notable people from the book all while Virgil is guiding you towards the center and at the very end you get to enter into (either purgatory or paradise) with Beatrice and the game ends. In comparison it was a little more gore filled than the actual poem but it’s what introduced me to Dante and showed me some of what to expect in the comedy. Upon reading reviews I’ve seen multiple times statements being made in which the latter of the 3 (infeno, purgatorio, and paradiso). Such as references that the paradiso has the most beautiful passages such as when Dante looks into the face of God: "all 'alta fantasia qui mancò possa"—"at this high moment, ability failed my capacity to describe," Paradiso, XXXIII, 142. Which is the best thing he could of wrote, he can’t go about describing god in detail, no, it is better to be blinded by the majesties of a higher being. I know if I were to see god or any higher deity I would be taken aback and breathless to what I was seeing. It brings me to think about how the Greeks wrote about gods. Mortals we unable to gaze upon them in their true form. I can see why the inferno would be on our reading list instead of the latter two. It contains the most vivid imagery and it the most enjoyable to read (for me anyways). Earlier in the year I have talked to another student about the divine comedy and he got lost in purgatory, in the inferno it’s