Dante's Inferno, is an allegorical poem telling the story of Dante's journey through hell, led by Virgil the Roman poet. ... Throughout the Inferno, Dante explores allegory in the punishments enforced upon the sinners is followed through out all nine circles of hell. ... Contrapasso in regard to Dante's Inferno, has two meanings. ... Suicides (those who have committed violence against themselves), by rejecting the gift of human life, renounce their right to the human body. ... Dante's use of allegory in The Inferno is the most important tool that he had to accomplish his ...

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Greg Young The Inferno of Dante A.P. English August 26, 2003 In the beginning of The Inferno of Dante, by Robert Pinsky, Dante builds a great deal of tension between the objective of God's justice, and Dante's human sympathy for the souls that he sees around him. ... Frightened, Dante returns to the forest. ... Beatrice being Dante's love. ... Latini is pacing amidst the crowd of souls who were violent toward nature. ...

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In "Dante's Inferno," Dante the Pilgrim goes through some important changes as he progresses further through the Inferno. It is important to view Dante the Pilgrim and Dante the Poet as two distinct and separate characters. ... His behavior indicates that he is changing according to the nature of the sinners and their sins. ... Dante has realized that the shades he encounters are the worst humans that have ever lived and no punishment is enough for them. ... As the poem progresses we see Dante the Pilgrim and Dante the Poet becoming more and more similar. ...

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Dante was born into a Guelf family. ... It is divided into three sections, named the Inferno (Hell), the Purgatorio (Purgatory), and the Paradiso (Paradise). ... This is not just a story to entertain us, but also a story to show the imperfectness of humans and the impact our imperfections have on our lives. ... When Petrarch isolated a part of nature from the whole, the sky and earth became closed. ... The event that Petrarch describes in terms as "certainly of benefit to himself and many others" begins a new realistic, individualistic, and rational understanding of nature. ...

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