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. ... Dante gives much reverence to these classical poets, they are placed in the first circle of hel...

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Now Dante's Inferno gets personal. ... Dante is very concerned. ... Dante is now paranoid. ... What are the chances for redemption - for Dante, for anyone? ... Dante's Inferno - show and tell. ...

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On a more figurative level, for Marlow, the journey up the Congo River to the 'heart of darkness' is reminiscent of Guido's journey into hell in Dante's Inferno, with literary allusion always present, through forms of intense imagery. ...

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