Works by Dante Alighieri

the glorious Renaissance. It is only fit that it also happened to be the birthplace of one of history’s greatest poets, Dante Alighieri. He was born in the May of 1265, the son of Alighiero Di Bellincione and Bella. Unfortunately, Bella passed away when Dante was only five years old. However, life continued on for young Dante and his family. His father soon remarried and Dante began going to school, as was common for boys in Florence at the time. Among other subjects, he studied Latin, public…

Journey to Hell Dante Alighieri, an Italian poet via himself as a narrator, introduces his journey to hell through his poem “ The Divine Comedy: Inferno” which is one of the great poem he wrote. He describes how middle of his age, he ends up lost in the woods, and how he tries to leave but he cannot, which is the beginning of Dante’s journey to hell in Canto 1. This paper argues that, going to hell is not an easy road and it takes a lot of misery and fear, the people who have made mistakes…

Looking at the Past and Present to Find Meaning in my Life Several topics discussed in Humanities thus far are topics Dante seemed to be knowledgeable about; therefore, his interpretation and knowledge he had of these topics would possibly allow an enhanced understanding of how the topics make meaning in my life. Despite the probability that Dante and I would have different experiences and preferences in art, literature, and music, similarities would most likely exist. On my pilgrimage, past…

Dante Alighieri's first book in the divine comedy the Inferno is a religious epic that condemns those who are blasphemous towards the church but is also a careful condemnation of the power of the catholic church.Through the Pilgrim's journey through hell he sees and learns many things from his environment, the people he meets in hell, as well as his guide Virgil. However as he is traveling through the hellscape Dante is commentating about the state of affairs as he sees it in 12th century Europe…

Dante Alighieri and John Milton are revered as two of the most popular and accomplished poets of their time periods and ours. Both are known, not exclusively, for their work dealing with the idea and the depiction of the divine world and the journey to salvation. The Divine Comedy by Dante and Paradise lost by Milton both depict worlds that articulate a goal of eternal salvation for men and the devotion to God. The similarities and differences between these two famous works come from the…

shortage of evil in the stories of Boethius, Dante, and Machiavelli and evil is still very abundant in life in today's day and age. Each of these men approach how to deal with evil in very different ways from one another. From the different ways they choose to take evil on or cope with it Boethius's way of coping with evil is the best way from studying excerpts from “The consolation of Philosophy”. From reading “The Divine Comedy: The Inferno” by Dante Alighieri I noticed that he is everything…

Before Becoming Dante In The Divine Comedy, written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and 1321, he describes his journey through three realms starting in Inferno leading up to Purgatory and finally arriving in Paradise. Inferno is one of the three parts in which Dante uses more description, including allusions from his background and from his religious point of view, including the Bible, old text, and Greek stories; creating a mixture of sources that he used. Not only that, but he also uses the…

the poem, Responsory for the Virgin shows influences similar to the Song of Roland, but in a tone that is less imperialistic. Hilegard of Bingen became a nun in her early adulthood. She was very influential, spreading Christianity through her poetic works. With her poems she was essentially a lyrical mouth piece of the Roman Catholic Church. In the poem, Hildegard describes the scene of the immaculate conception of Christ. In the lines, “Priceless integrity / Her virgin gate / opened to none,”…

Life 's Journey Everyone knows that life is hard, and sometimes people make mistakes. To move past what they have done and better themselves one must look at the mistakes in their past and see fault in oneself . Dante Alighieri wrote the epic Dante 's Inferno when he was 35 years old and going through a midlife crisis He was going through a rough time, as he had just been tricked into being exiled from Florence Italy, his home he loved. He wanted to move on with his life and grow as a person…

lifetime, Gods’ justice, and the mystery of evil and hell. Dante’s Inferno is his journey through the diffferent level and stagaes of hell. This entier idea is like going through life, since it relates to salvation for men. The layers in hell that Dante went through is as the same layers in life which one must go through to live life. Hell was created as a way to punish siners, and the specific punishemensts helps to…