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's reaction toward Francesca in comparison to the shade Bocca, best shows how drastically Dante's attitude towards the damned changes. ... As the poem progresses we see Dante the Pilgrim and Dante the Poet becoming more and more similar. ... Dante's story represents not only his own life but also what Dante the Poet alleged to be the common Chr...

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Dante wrote the romantic affair story between Francesca and Paolo in "The Inferno" in Canto V and how the power of love led them to be punished together for adultery.  Coming into the second circle of Hell, Dante encounters Minos who is the judge of the damned sinners; he tells the souls where to go as they arrive. ... Dante asks Francesca to tell him her story, as she tells her story he feels sympathy for her, he was moved, and his response was emotional.  ... Dante is moved by the unfairness Francesca has to go through. ... Dante's response to this unfair story ending was em...

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Romantic Love In Dante's Inferno and The Lais of Marie De France It is fascinating to take the time out to examine in similarities and differences in the way authors Dante Aligheri and Marie De France impart to their readers their views on romantic love. ... Marie De France, like Dante, has a distinctive literary form. ... Canto V of Dante's Divine Comedy Inferno, takes the reader to the first compartment of true hell, residence for those whose sins have earned them eternal damnation. ... Where Dante does not do so directly, Francesca does. ... Dante's idea of wom...

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