Inferno (Italian for "hell"), is the first part of Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem "The Divine Comedy." ... Allegorically, "Divine Comedy"  represents the journey of the soul towards God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin. ... Each sin's punishment in Inferno is a contrapasso, a symbolic instance of poetic justice; for example, fortune-tellers have to walk forward with their heads on backward, unable to see what is ahead, because they tried to see the future through forbidden means. ... As with the Purgatorio and Paradiso, the ...

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Dante's Inferno, is an allegorical poem telling the story of Dante's journey through hell, led by Virgil the Roman poet. ... The Inferno envelops the familiar conflict of good and evil or heaven and hell. ... Contrapasso in regard to Dante's Inferno, has two meanings. ... The Inferno can be viewed in many different ways. ... Regardless, the allegories are a fundamental part of the Inferno. ...

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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. As it says, sin has "harassed [his] heart with so much fear" (Inferno 1837). ... In Inferno, Virgil, a personification of Dante's human reason, shows him that he needs to escape the sinful lifestyle he is in. ... Inferno. ...

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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. ... God's just punishment, divine power, and never-ending reign are major things Dante learns while he is in the Inferno because Dante is trying to teach the audience that doing God's will is important. ...

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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. Dante the Poet created this hell, so he is stern and moralistic towards the ...

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In Dante's, Inferno,. Looking at the "poetic justice" of the inferno the reader has to think why are some serious sins today like murder less punishable than less serious sins like fraud. But before Dante descends into the many levels of hell we are introduced to Purgatory, where you your sins ...

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Define Horror In The Devine Comedy Horror is an ancient genre, who's roots are lodged in ancient myth and folklore. Horror can be defined in many different ways. It is described as a feeling of intense fear, dislike, and pain. Dante's "The Divine Comedy", can be described as containing images...

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Dante, spokesman in his Christian day, writes a guidebook for Hell and, in doing so, questions his own rocky past and his chances for Hell, for Heaven. Dante, a Christian poet living during a Christian age, sets out to write a poem about his fictionalized version of Hell. I believe Dante...

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