Dante believed he had been empowered by God to write the Commedia thus he gave a conscious effort to stylise the Commedia to the Bible, furthermore, he greatly admired the classical poets such as Virgil and one can note immediately that Dante's idea of his epic journey was shaped from that of Virgil's in the "Aenied- The biblical content of this epic journey is highly potent, every canto of the inferno carries a range of diverse characters each with a function specific to the canto. ... Particular attention should be paid to his encounters with other characters as like God expresse...

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The image of the child is also associated with Jesus: in the Gospel, Jesus displays a special solicitude for children, and the Bible's depiction of Jesus in his childhood shows him as guileless and vulnerable. ...

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A descendant of the prominent Elliot family of New England, the daughter of a highly respected minister, and a former educator in her own right, Nancy Edison now commenced teaching Tom, her last and favorite son, the three Rs" and the Bible. ...

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