Works by Dante Alighieri

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    Dante’s Inferno written by Dante Alighieri in the 1300’s shows a descriptive fictional journey through Hell. It is one of the most well known books about this subject, even though it is not a real religious writing and is just plain fiction.“In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost,”-Dante Alighieri. Dante expresses how great his internal struggle really was.Dante was going through a midlife crisis, but he did get more involved…

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    period of time depicted in Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, as this wasn’t recognized as a punishable sin. During this period, the deepest and darkest parts of Hell was home to thieves and liars, where their souls were lost and tortured for eternity. One who cheats does so by committing thievery as they steal another person’s ideas and pose it as their own without the owner’s consent or knowledge. In the process, they lie by saying it is an original piece of work. A person that copies shows no self…

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    of us have even been a part of the human experience. It is something that both Dante Alighieri and William Shakespeare took note of hundreds of years ago and something that both of them thought was a topic important enough to explore through their respective writings Dante’s Inferno and King Lear. With these works being written hundreds of years apart, there are of course some different approaches to the idea. Both works feature completely different landscapes, but they both seem to convey the…

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    The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, written almost 700 years ago, was an important work as it explored the morals and ethics of society in his work, something that was just as uncommmon then as it is now. We know that the physical has changed, but just how much has the metaphysical changed? It is safe to say that the morals and ethics in our society has changed almost dramatically when compared to those that were present when Mr. Alighieri wrote The Inferno. Throughout his work, when compared…

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    Dante Alighieri (Dante) was born in May 1265. His family had involvement in the Florentine politics. Due to his family’s political duties, Dante was able to meet and befriend many aristocrats such as Guido Cavalcanti, who is later found in Dante’s Inferno. Dante married into the Donati family, yet his true love was a woman named Bice, although he called her Beatrice. Bice, to most scholars, was the daughter of Folco Portinari, a wealthy banker at the time, and later the wife of another banker,…

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    The physical world in Dante’s Alighieri coexists with the physical world of the Bhagavad Gita in the matters as actions affect the personal standing of the world to come afterwards. These two literary works are different in terms that those terms of cowardice or betrayal to one’s kingdom by surrendering the throne is punishable in the different levels of Dante’s hell. The levels of Dante’s Alighieri in which one is sent is determined by their internal, external conflicts and actions in the…

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    Inferno is an epic poem, written by 14th century poet Dante Alighieri, about his descent and accompanying experiences through his depiction of hell in order to reach purgatory and eventually heaven. Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy around the year 1265. He is best known for his D ivine Comedy a nd is known as the "Father of modern Italian." His works have left a lasting impression since his death in 1321. When a child lies, he is chastised harshly for it, told how very wrong it is.…

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    Identifying himself as a Pilgrim, Dante Alighieri passionately conveys his faith, hope, and love of God in his phenomenal poem, the Divina Commedia. Via his journey to the Paradise through the Inferno and Purgatory, Dante the Pilgrim inserts lots of biblical and historical references to emphasize his Christian values, moral standards, and most importantly the doctrine of justification by faith (Sola Fide). By establishing a world where dead sinners (especially the famous one in the history and…

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    the renaissance. Dante Alighieri was one of the most influential and important poets and writers of his time, the early renaissance. Born in 1265 Florence italy The italian poet was the child to Alighiero De Gelincine. Dante was a normal child learning at home how to become a politician, but then it all changed when the renaissance started. Dante then pursued a career as a writer. When Dante was in his late 40’s he wrote his most famous book “The Divine Comedy.” In his book Dante is tasked…

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    Throughout time, literary works have always focused on a theme or lesson to be learned. The Inferno by Dante Alighieri is a literary work describing Hell and the sinners that have made it there. In The Inferno, Dante shows that His justice is deserved through the biblical allusion snakes and what they represent. Hell is depicted in The Inferno by nine levels and some levels have sublevels. Every level has a different sin. Snakes are in Hell to torture and give sinners their punishment and are…

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