Divine Comedy

reading Dante’s Inferno written by Dante Alighieri, Dante wanders through Hell, escorted by the Roman poet Virgil. Together, the pair move on through the nine circles of Hell, witnessing the horrors inflicted on the souls of the damned. In this Divine Comedy, Dante molded the arrangement of hell and the circles justly based on events that occurred and experiences the poet witnessed in his life because Dante’s Inferno is a work of fiction. This is made clear through Dante’s expulsion from…

Suicide seeks to follow one’s own will over the Will of God. “Then he moved on and I behind him followed. (1.36)” This idea of following our master is central theme throughout the Divine Comedy. Dante’s example of following Virgil, is a symbol of what we are called to do in our walk with Christ. By taking your own life, you are taking control of your life. Suicide implies your belief that taking your own life was better than you continuing…

Dante, the famous poet, wrote his Divine Comedy hundreds of years ago, and while it seemed accurate, some parts of it that may not apply anymore due to how civilization changed throughout the years. Culture evolved in such a way that Dante would not recognize any actions because of the foreignness to the 14th Century. Due to this change, the structure of the inferno needs to change to fit with the current world. While some parts of the inferno will inevitably change, other parts will remain the…

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…

Fig. 46. In the early Renaissance, Dante’s Inferno, became a powerful classic that dramatized Satan’s sphere of influence in hell; drawing by Giovanni Stradano, 1550. It occurred first as part of the epic, The Divine Comedy, and became known as a devilishly chilling account of Satan’s domain. A s mentioned in the last chapter, after the Emperor Constantine’s conversion into Christianity around A.D. 325, he ordered the closing of a significant amount of pagan cults and orgiastic temples…

Dante’s profound Imagination The Divine Comedy, one of the most famous work by Dante Alighieri described the poet, Dante himself walk through the inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Since the artwork was done seven hundred of years ago, does did Dante accurately organize the circles? In other words, are the sins really worse as he heads to the center of Hell? Is greed really worse than glutton or lust? Is fraud really worse than heresy? Combining personal feelings from Dante himself and…

Christianity is one of the most popular religions in the world today. Christianity has the largest amount of followers today. Over time, the religion has developed and change depending on the era. However, many traditional values have carried similar meaning since its creation. Throughout many years, there have been numerous ideas originating from Christianity that do not exist today. During the development of the western world, religion played a big role in everyday lives. During the 14th…

hroughout the course of history, women’s rights have continued to be taken away throughout literature. This trend is clearly visible throughout The Inferno, written in fourteenth century Florentine Italy. Women are, in some cases completely excluded from The Inferno, as is made evident in the relatively excluded character of Beatrice. Female characters involved in Dante’s Inferno, are first seen as punished as well with the lustful in the form of Francesca da Rimini. Women are also seen as…

Dante’s Inferno from The Divine Comedy is written about his own life, and the journey he takes to find a sense of redemption through his own art and philosophy. It begins when Dante is halfway through his life and, he has lost his way. Not only in his mind, but he now found himself traveling through the dark woods, “Midway along the journey of life, I woke to find myself in a dark wood, astray from the straight path” (Cantos I, 1-3), and the influences from religious figures in his life. When…

In Divine Comedy and the Iliad, there are many examples of characters that exhibit heroic characteristics and actions. But which character is the most heroic? The characters Hector, Dante, and Achilles all display heroic characteristics, but the most heroic is Hector. We will examine Hector, Dante, and Achilles to conclude that Hector is the most heroic character. Hector is the most heroic character showing us characteristics of courage, love, and strength. Hector stands up for the Trojan…