Dante Alighieri's own opinion was also shaped by the environment around him and political corruption. For Dante Alighieri, to be a traitor like Judas or Brutus was the worst sin of all. ... Dante's Inferno above all reflects the thoughts of the author and the social, as well as the political beliefs and structure at the time in Florence, Italy. ... Indeed, I find it funny that Dante Alighieri took tremendous pride in describing this scene while Dante the Pilgrim at first claimed it was impossible to ever put into words. Dante Alighieri saw Mohammed as one of the chief sinners resp...

• Word Count: 709
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the epic "Dante's Inferno," " by Dante Alighieri, no scene of violence exists for its own sake. Dante Alighieri's epic confronts the reader and audience with a sense of violence, portrayed like no other. ... This punishment shows one way in which Dante Alighieri made no scene of violence exist for its own sake. ... This is another example of how Dante Alighieri's acts of violence always had a reason or symbol behind them. ... In the epic Dante's Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, no scene of violence exists for its own sake. ...

• Word Count: 786
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Dante Alighieri wrote a major work known as the Commedia that consisted of three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. ... In the Inferno, Dante learns that God's punishment is just, God's power is divine, and God's reign is eternal. ... The deeper Dante and Virgil go into Hell, the worse the sins are. ... In every level of hell Dante asks the sinners to tell them their story so Dante can tell their story to the people who are still alive. ... God's just punishment, divine power, and never-ending reign are major things Dante learns while he is in the Inferno because ...

• Word Count: 371
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

In particular, Virgil's Aeneid was the most influential in my reading of Dante Alighieri's Inferno. During the course of reading Dante's Inferno, I quickly began to notice similarities and parallels with Virgil's Aeneid. ... The narrator in Inferno (Dante) recounts on his fearful journey through hell in search of salvation (Heaven). By realizing the significance of epic poetry in Aeneid, I was able to better understand the purpose of Dante's journey in Inferno. ... In the poem Inferno, the spirit refers to Dante's departed wife, Beatrice whom is in heaven. ...

• Word Count: 781
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This obstacle is similar to a situation in another work, Dante's Inferno, by Dante Alighieri. ... Beatrice dies prematurely at the young age of twenty-five, and this inspires Alighieri to write Inferno. Inferno is a story about Dante's a brief period in his life when he lost sight of his moral principles, and turns to his faith in order to get him back on the correct path. ... Education becomes the primary element in all aspects of Stephen's life, and it helps guide him, as does Virgil in Dante's Inferno. ... In The Inferno, Virgil guides Dante through hell in order to ...

• Word Count: 1464
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

This obstacle is similar to a situation in another work, Dante's Inferno, by Dante Alighieri. ... Beatrice dies prematurely at the young age of twenty-five, and this inspires Alighieri to write Inferno. Inferno is a story about Dante's a brief period in his life when he lost sight of his moral principles, and turns to his faith in order to get him back on the correct path. ... Education becomes the primary element in all aspects of Stephen's life, and it helps guide him, as does Virgil in Dante's Inferno. ... In The Inferno, Virgil guides Dante through hell in order to ...

• Word Count: 1521
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Everyman Dante's Inferno and Everyman clearly have certain similarities and certain differences in their main characters and themes. ... In Inferno, Dante suddenly wakes up in the dark woods and knows he must get out of them. ... In Inferno, Virgil, a personification of Dante's human reason, shows him that he needs to escape the sinful lifestyle he is in. ... Works Cited Alighieri. Inferno. ...

• Word Count: 833
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Dante Alighieri is most well known for his work, The Divine Comedy. ... Dante was born into a Guelf family. ... Dante's dream was to return to Florence. ... It is divided into three sections, named the Inferno (Hell), the Purgatorio (Purgatory), and the Paradiso (Paradise). ... Then after Dante traveled with him, Dante would meet up with another guide who would take him to paradise. ...

• Word Count: 1592
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The next author to give me an insight on Italy was Dante". The book I read by Dante" was called the Inferno. The Inferno is more than just a fictional story about someone traveling through the universe. It is actually more like an autobiographical journey of life through its author, Dante Alighieri's eyes. ... Dante's Inferno was a good representation of the times in which he lived and an insight on Dante himself. ...

• Word Count: 2032
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Ranging from the dictatorial King Creon in Sophocles" "Antigone" to the Eighth circle of falsifiers in Dante Alighieri's "Inferno" to More's resistance against King Henry VIII in "A Man For All Seasons". ... In "The Inferno" by Dante Alighieri, there were several circles in hell that were designated for different categories of sinners. ...

• Word Count: 1955
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School