Dante Alighieri

The wrathful sinners are forced to fight on the surface of the river named Styx. The sullen sinners are gurgling under the surface of the river. The boat and oars symbolize how Dante, Virgil, and Phlegyas arrived to this circle. I painted the bottom of the circle blue to symbolize the river named Styx. I painted red streaks over top of the blue pait to show the blood in the water from the sullen and wrathful sinners. Heretic sinners…

human spirit purges himself, and climbing to Heaven makes himself worthy”(The World of Dante). In Dante, Purgatory is divided into three sections called Antepurgatory, Purgatory Proper, and Earthly Paradise. Inside purgatory the upper part of the mountain contains seven terraces, each consisting of one of the seven capital sins (The World of Dante). After visiting the first terrace, that of the prideful, Dante the pilgrim and Virgil arrive at the second terrace, which is full of the envious.…

Canto 1- Virgil-Personification- Virgil is the guide for Dante as he travels through Inferno. Virgil represents those that guide us in this life. People that guide us and help us along our way such as parents, teachers, or religious leaders. Most of the time when we need a guide we usually have a guide who is experienced or has been there before. Virgil is a very wise poet and is experienced. Virgil is there to protect Dante as he goes through the depths of Hell. It can symbolize just how a…

Comedy being a classic. Dante, who has an interesting life, constructs a story about something that people were unable to picture or even think about: Hell. The idea of Hell was an interesting concept that Dante can exploit when he wrote the Divine Comedy. Dante also incorporated some of the people from his home town such as the , . He can connect to these people and tell their story while they are in his version of “hell”. Some of the stories that the readers and Dante learn about are the…

In the case of Dante 's Inferno the range of sins Dante describes in his journey through Hell pertain to those found in Christianity, outlined in the Ten Commandments and Bible. Although the concept of sin and the associated punishments are meant to motivate followers into living a just…

Sins undiscovered or unpunished in life will be eternally punished in death, exemplifying Dante’s view that one should never succumb to Earthly whims. As Dante travels through the concentric circles of hell, he meets many sinners who were heroes on Earth who were lauded in spite of their sins or sinners whose true crimes were never punished. In Canto XXIX, he meets Griffolino d’Arezzo who tells him that “the crime for which [his] flesh/was charred was not the one that brought [him] here” (XXIX.…

life. Another example in The Inferno, Dante meets an astonishing neo-platonic philosopher, Virgil, who guides him through good and evil to understand life on his extraordinary…

of creative figurative language unimaginable to this time period. Dante understood the writing styles of ancient times and altered the ideas to create his form of writing that adjusted well to the change being introduced. Dante greatly admired the classic poet, Virgil, who is most famous for the Aeneid; thus why Dante chose such character to guide him through a majority of Hell. According to a reader’s guide of the Inferno, Dante was inspired by the journey Aeneas took to the underworld in the…

In some traditions an author display Hell as a place of torment and punishment in the afterlife. Also, in other traditions authors depict the Underworld not as a place where the corrupt individuals go but an abode for the dead located under the Earth’s surface. In Homer’s Odyssey the main purpose of the work was for entertainment, while Vigil was writing the Aeneid with a political agenda influencing the work. This differences in helped contribute to the contrast between The Odyssey and The…

35. Dante, The Devine Comedy Hell (Inferno) Summary: In the beginning Dante has realized that he has strayed from the right way and Virgil has taken on the task of setting him right, but the task will be difficult for Dante must go through hell, purgatory, and then see the light of God. Dante tells Virgil to lead the way to the “sad halls of hell” and the unknown poet tells him to follow. As they embark on their journey Dante begins to feel uneasy as they approach hell, but Beatrice reassures…