Works by Dante Alighieri

enough I took the initiative to steer the conversation towards his piece the “Divine Comedy”. Part of my mission was to uncover greater details pertaining to his master work. As expected, he was surprised that I was aware of his new work. I responded that those in the academia circles dealing with poetry were closely following his work. I should add that this point that this play between acting my part and making sure that I keep history as intact as possible is incredibly difficult. It requires…

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 life actually remains a mystery, but we know from Dante’s autographical Vita nuovo (New Life) that he met his poetic muse, Beatrice, when he was only 9 years old. At about 18 years old, Dante began writing love poetry, a custom that would continue into…

The first two books of The Divine Comedy, Inferno and Purgatory, by Dante follow Dante as he journeys from hell to purgatory. In Inferno, Dante meets the poet Virgil who guides him through the rings of hell. Once the two reach the bottom of hell, Virgil continues to guide Dante through the next realm in Purgatory. Throughout this epic adventure, Dante not only provides an entertaining story, but also presents numerous ideas concerning the afterlife. These ideas range from simple descriptions of…

would be some sort of sense of a possible that it could happen in reality. For an example if you commit suicide you could turn into a tree. Basically, what Dante has created in the inferno will all be symbolic. It would represent something. It would have meaning to it. To make Dante’s Inferno allegorical would be to make all of Dante Alighieri ideas and concepts would become easier to…

Max, Jr.). While there were problems that led to corruption, the perpetrators were the ones who really fanned the flames with their crooked practices, though eventually all this led to a select few men becoming protestors and writing reformative works that went down in history. Problems. The major problems that paved the way to corruption piled up quickly over time, each one building on and compounding the one before it. The first in this vicious sequence was The Black Death, this catastrophic…

leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf. Vulnerable as he is, he decided to go back into the dark. He then sees a specter, Virgil, who was a Roman poet. Virgil says that he will guide Dante in a journey through hell. Virgil also mentions that his lover, Beatrice, is one of the three women that saw Dante lost. Virgil guides Dante into the gates of Hell. They start in the outskirts of the realm of Hell, the place before Inferno, this is where the souls that could not decide good or evil are punished…

Land” (1922), embodies the essence of this quote; take from what is already there, and place his own updated interpretation for the modern audience to provide their own temporal relativist view on top of the already layered meaning of the original work quoted within Eliot 's poem. The historical context around the poem provides deeper insight into the psyche of humanity in general; but most importantly we explore the mind of the poet through these allusions, through the quotes of pre-established…

sea and battling the suitors to reclaim his home. Odysseus had to fight creatures from the underworld and at the same time seek guidance from the divine in order to reach his family. On the other hand, Inferno is a divine comedy written by Dante Alighieri. Dante the protagonist…

someone who was put in a tragic situation, someone “unintentionally” involved in something sinful, etc, Dante feels sorry for them. Virgil, Dante 's guide, plays a big part in showing what (the author) Dante was trying to say- sinners don 't deserve sympathy. Sympathizing with sinners is discouraged throughout The Inferno and causes negative consequences for Dante the entirety of the poem. Before Dante tries to get his message through to the reader, he first describes/lays out the different…

Logos v. Mythos As melodramatic as it is to start this paper with “Throughout the course of history…” I find myself doing just that. For it truly is throughout the course of history that the act of storytelling has been practiced. Furthermore, the teachings of philosophy and theology have been practiced throughout the ages. For these reasons, to make the sweeping statement that; storytelling (Mythos) and reason (Logos) have truly affected mankind’s view of history since the beginning of…