The author uses these forms of physical pain to represent how the dammed had to pay for their sins. ... Dante gives a very special punishment to these sinners. ... This contrapasso is very explicit, because it transforms the bad choice that these sinners had in their lives into physical expression. ... "The image of Hypocrisy, presenting a brilliant show and weighting like lead so as to make spiritual progress impossible (Sayers, notes Canto XIII). ... Most of the reality that Dante encounters in his journey is very cruel and brutal; as we have seen the different types of punishments consist o...

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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. ... In total, there are only sixteen women even mentioned in Dante's subterranean journey. ... 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. ... Petrarch expresses his desire for true love and spiri...

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