Virgil's Courage In The Inferno

During this scene, the demons under the charge of Malebranche threaten to harm Dante the Pilgrim with their brute force and pitchforks. However, Virgil uses his wisdom and courage to hide Dante by placing him behind a rock to keep him out of reach of Malebranche’s hoard. This moment in The Inferno demonstrates the great amount of courage that Virgil has despite being a well-known writer from his time. I believe this is the point in the novel where Virgil realizes that Dante the Poet cannot really protect himself in Hell due to be naive and scared. Asides from demonstrating this grand courage from within himself, Virgil tells Dante the Pilgrim and the reader that he has had to fight against demons in the past, which makes me wonder why