Inferno

Inferno begins with Dante losing the “true path” on his way through a forest he is travelling through. (Dante 3). Virgil, the Roman poet then appears to him (Dante 6) and tells him that he will lead him through the circles of hell to find his beloved Beatrice (Dante 10). Virgil then proceeds to take Dante through the gates of Hell. (Dante 16-17). The first area they encounter is the Ante-Inferno. It is revealed to Dante that this is where the souls…

to hope is his fate truly tragic. If Sisyphus has embraced the absurdity of his fate and that there is no chance of an end, then he can experience genuine happiness. However, if this reasoning is applied to the punishments described in Dante’s Inferno, are those…

Pietro della Vigna, a character from Dante’s “Divine Comedy” is the focal point of this paper. Pietro’s introduced in the Inferno Canto XIII, corresponding to the Second Ring of the Seventh Circle of Hell. Of all characters that I have come across in the Divine Comedy, Pietro to me is extremely significant as he does not claim that he was wrongfully punished in hell but worries of being recognized as an unfaithful person in the world. The concept of this paper surrounds the idea of Pietro and…

A Dark Wood “Midway along the journey of our life / I woke up to find myself in a dark wood, / for I had wandered off from the straight path. / How hard it is to tell what it was like, / this wood of wilderness, savage, and stubborn / (the thought of it brings back all my old fears) / a bitter place! Death could scarce be bitterer” (1.1-6) Dante Alighieri, who was a politician, intellectual, and poet, was born in Florence, Italy under the sign of the Gemini in the year 1265. Much of Dante’s…

Contrapasso in Inferno by Dante Alighieri as Illustration of Justice Dante Alighieri, who lived from 1265 to 1321, was one of the major Italian poet and political figures during the Middle Ages period. He is particularly famous for a piece of literature which later made a major impact on the development of the Italian literature and the world literature – Divine Comedy, which he composed during the final years of his life. Dante 's Divine Comedy belongs to the list of the most gorgeous pieces…

As stated previously, the poem has a rhyme scheme of ABA ABC BCB, and this rhyme scheme was created by Dante. The fire and ice are both also allusions to “Dante’s Inferno,” with fire being the upper layers of hell, and ice being the bottom layers of hell. The first few layers, those with fire, are for people who have committed sins of passion, such as murdering out of anger or being abusive. The last layers of hell…

the way Dante intended the reader to view the story. Doré’s drawings are very dark, and represent the way hell is described in the Inferno. The way Dante describes his journey through hell, whether it be the creatures he comes across, or the way the sinner is being punished, is very vivid and dark, much like Doré’s illustrations. Dante’s reasoning for writing the Inferno, in my opinion, is to allow the reader to envision the punishment he would have given the people who had done him wrong. The…

book tries to convey the message of karma. There is never a wayward action that goes without punishment in the book. The use of plot, conflict, imagery, juxtaposition, and motif reveal themes of justification and punishment in Dante’s Inferno. The plot of The Inferno sets up the road for sinners and their respective crimes. The setting and course of the novel optimize the revelation of theme. There is no better…

The Comedy Illuminating Florence is a oil on canvas painting by Domenico di Michelino created in 1456. The painting depicts Dante Alighieri along the city of Florence, Mount Purgatory, the Earthly Paradise and the Celestial Spheres. Domenico di Michelino, an Italian painter, born in Florence, primarily depicted scenes from the Bible. It is not surprising then that like many other artist, Dante's Divine Comedy called to him and like many other artists, he attempted to paint Dante's words on…

In Dante’s Divine Comedy, there are three parts: the Inferno the Purgatorio and the Paradiso. In the first section, the Inferno, Dante and the poet Virgil travel through the nine layers of hell; in each circle they come across different sinners being punished accordingly for their sins. I have chosen to elaborate on three of the circles and the punishments bestowed upon the inhabitants within them. The first circle that I have chosen is the 3rd circle. Within this layer those who have committed…