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    faced with an ignominious end‚ Dante Alighieri wrote his greatest work‚ The Divine Comedy. We can understand Dante’s motive in writing this epic by reading Cantos I through III of Dante’s Inferno. The Divine Comedy was a self-analysis by a man who found himself spiritually lost. Immediately in Canto I we see that Dante "the character" is lost on a spiritual level. He awakens mid-way through his life in a dark woods severed from both light and human connections. Dante is in the dark because he is guilty

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    without the Main character and therefore it follows that Edmond Dantes would be another character source of the portrayal of Wait and Hope. Like Mercedes‚ Dantes acts this way‚ because it is an inherent part of himself‚ demonstrated by multiple instances of him portraying wait and hope in his different personalities. For example‚ page 35‚ he declares to his fiance‚ "Good-bye my sweet Mercedes! We shall soon meet again!" In the scene‚ Dantes exclaims that quote as he is shuffled away by police from his

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    In Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno (1314)‚ Dante is being toured through the layers of hell in hopes that he will see his future punishment and get his life back on the right path. The great Roman poet‚ Virgil‚ is sent to be his guide. Virgil is not only supportive but informational as he leads Dante through the layers of hell. Throughout the story‚ Virgil is repeatedly protecting Dante from hostile demons and monsters. Monstrous Charon‚ in cantos III is bringing the souls over the river to punishment

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    Circle The Stygian Lake‚ with the Ireful Sinners Fighting William BlakeIn the swamp-like water of the river Styx‚ the wrathful fight each other on the surface‚ and the sullen or slothful lie gurgling beneath the water. Phlegyas reluctantly transports Dante and Virgil across the Styx in his skiff Sixth Circle Heretics are trapped in flaming tombs. Seventh Circle Lower Hell‚ inside the walls of Dis‚ in an illustration by Stradanus. There is a drop from the sixth circle to the three rings of the seventh

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    Dante Alighieri

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    Dante Alighieri was one of the most renowned writers in world literature. His great masterpieces have influenced the world immensely. He was not only a great writer and poet but he also was a man that overcame great odds to write awe inspiring works of art. Dante Alighieri was born in Florence‚ Italy either in late May or early June‚ 1265. His childhood was somewhat troubling because of the early death of his mother and then his father when he was 18. He managed to get through these bad

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    The Inferno

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    In Dante’s InfernoDante narrates his descent and observation of hell through the various circles and pouches. One part of this depiction is his descriptions of the various punishments that each of the different sinners has received. The various punishments that Dante envisions the sinners receiving are broken down into two types. The first type he borrows from various gruesome and cruel forms of torture and the second type‚ though often less physically agonizing‚ is Dante’s creative

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    Jonathan Tyra Period 1 5-26-13 Dante Alighieri “The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis” -Dante Alighieri (BrainyQuote.com:Dante Alighieri‚ 1) Dantes childhood was filled with great pain and struggle‚ and love. That struggle is said to be the inspiration for some his great‚ later works‚ like The Divine Comedy. Other works‚ like Vita Nuova and The Divine Comedy carry on as great classical works to this day and have inspired

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    Virtue’s Course: A close reading of Canto XXVI of Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno The implications of every word and line in a literary work such as The Inferno can‚ at times‚ be troubling to a new reader‚ and even to those who possess the skill of inference. However‚ when approached as closely and minutely as possible‚ it becomes somewhat simple to draw each word and line separately into something greater‚ giving new life and meaning to the voice of Dante. Canto XXVI begins with false praise to the city

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    Felipe Garcia Per.4 9-29-05 Inferno Essay Everyone has a different view on what they believe hell is like. Dante is very strong and opinionated on his own view. His views are affected by‚ what I believe‚ the period of time he lived in and the career he chose. I disagree with Dante’s impression of hell. Both opinions vary greatly and both are our own personal beliefs. The inferno is all one big connected place. It is a place to look back at what was done wrong in life and repent‚ even

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    Dante and Machiavelli

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    Dante and Machiavelli define opposite sides of the Renaissance in several ways.  Certainly the former believes that God will reveal all and call people to account for their behavior‚ while the latter gives every sign of believing in no God and supposing that scrupulous behavior only makes one a target for ruthless exploitation.  This difference in the two could be expressed in terms of religious faith—but they could also be said to have differing views of human nature.  Try to get to the heart of

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