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of the afterlife: inferno, purgatorio, and paradisio. Dante wrote his Divine Comedy when the Church was both the governmental and religious leader of the people, thus a reader can expect Dante’s work to reflect the religious influences of the era. Canto 13 in Dante’s Inferno elucidates on how the religious thought process shaped the writing through its condemnation of suicide victims because they were defying teachings of the Church and committing a sinful action against God. The Church taught…

Alighieri, Canto XIII (13) is very important to the storyline, because without it, there would not be any detail about those who hurt themselves and how they affected others in Hell and on Earth. Dante uses symbolism to describe almost everything in this canto and it is key to understanding exactly what is happening during the story. The way he describes the sinners and their punishments in this canto is extremely helpful in describing future events as well. The souls in this canto are called…

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…

story, picture, etc., to convey a hidden or ulterior meaning, typically a moral or political one; symbolic representation’”(Baker). Throughout his poem, Inferno, Dante uses an allegory in each one of his Cantos. Examples of such allegories present in Dante’s, Inferno can be found in Canto 1,…

section of Hell. Francesca, the main sinner of Canto V, convinces Dante that she isn’t entirely deserving of the punishment, but she also reveals her true character through her diction and allusions. Dante spoke to Francesca and she began to explain why she was in Hell. While Dante and Francesca were talking she reveals why she was sent to the lust ring, “Love led us straight to sudden death together. Caïna awaits the one who quenched our lives” (Canto 5, 106-107). Virgil asked Dante what he…

Dante’s work also portrays his hatred for the corrupt politicians of his era, as he sends them to Hell for the sins they have committed (“Historical Background”). Dante wrote Canto VI with the purpose of identifying political prophecies and figures, as well as identifying a sin that all souls are susceptible to. Firstly, Canto VI was created for the prophecy of feuding political parties to be told. Because The Inferno was written after the time period the epic takes place, Dante is able to…

Hrothgar!" (Canto 6, 116), he said. As a hero, Beowulf didn't wait for others to make friend, he was friendly and positively making friend with Hrothgar, through gave him a hand to overcome his crisis. Then, a good friend always come when his friend ask him to do a favor. Beowulf at that time became "Our only help" (Canto 19, 357) to Hrothgar and his people. And yes, a hero never leave his friend in a bad position, although he knew that he has to face the monsters who "mightier than any man."…

The punishment in this circle is that the souls are in a constant state of emptiness because they will never go to heaven and meet God. The author writes, “there were no wails but just sounds of sighs/rising and trembling through the timeless air…” (canto iv lines 26-27). This indicates that the souls suffer no physical torment or discomfort by anyone or anything, nor are they in pure physical pain. Instead, they are going through eternity with a feeling of desolation and loss of hope of…

people what rules to follow and what to believe in. As the book, it says "And to the Master turned; and he made sign That I should quiet stand, and bow before him. Ah! How disdainful he appeared to me!” (Pg. 44, Line 86-89, Canto 4) This quote it showing…

the Uncommitted in Canto III, symbolizing the futility of their action in life) to the tremendously broad. Huge numbers of the symbols in Inferno are clear and effectively interpretable, for example, the beast Geryon with the leader of an honest man and the body of a foul serpent, he speaks to deceptive nature and fraud (Canto III). Others are substantially more nuanced and hard to bind, for example, the trio of animals that prevents Dante from climbing the sunlit mountain in Canto I. When…