The Divine Comedy is an epic poem about the journey of Florentine poet Dante into Hell and beyond to the kingdoms of Heaven. The poem is a political satire of religious and political structures in the Middle Ages in Italy and was revolutionary in featuring living figures of the period as damned souls condemned to Hell. Dante's journey is aided by the spirit of Roman poet Virgil and by the theological spirit Beatrice.
The Inferno is a 14th-century epic poem by Dante Alighieri recounting the narrator's tour of hell. Midway through life, the narrator is lost in a dark woods. The Roman poet Virgil saves him, leading him into the underworld, past the river Acheron, into hell itself. Virgil explains the sinners and punishments, each of which are proportional and similar to the sins committed. The pair travel through the nine rings of hell, through limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, wrath, heresy, violence, fraud and finally treachery, where Satan tortures Brutus, Cassius and Judas.
Dante Alighieris The Divine Comedy is a moral comedy that is designed to make one think about his her own morals The poem could have been used almost as a guide for what and what not to do to get into Heaven for the medieval people Dante journeys through the afterlife to express what could happen if all under God dont lead a devout life and makes one think about where they will go when they die and where they would like to go when they die Through his epic poem Dante tries to change the spiritu
In the Divine Comedy Dante goes through many changes as he travels through Hell on through Purgatory and ending in Heaven As the story progresses and Dante goes through hell he changes from being sympathetic to the residents of hell to being less sympathetic and believing more that you get what you deserve Not only does Dante change throughout the story but the style in which the poem is written changes Just like Dante the writing becomes more refined as the story unravels Right off the bat in
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