In particular, Virgil's Aeneid was the most influential in my reading of Dante Alighieri's Inferno. ... In Virgil's Aeneid, the narrator (Aeneas) recounts on the story of his sorrowful journey during the fall of Troy. ... Throughout my reading of the Aeneid, the fate of Aeneas appeared to be one of the most important themes in the poem. ... In the poem, Dante's fate is in the hand of God. ... In the poem Inferno, the spirit refers to Dante's departed wife, Beatrice whom is in heaven. ...

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Dante the Author constructs several perspectives in the poem starting here. ... This is the circle that Virgil resides in. ... In Canto V, Dante and Virgil descend into the Second Circle of Hell, Lustful. ... After strong words from Virgil, Minos allows them to pass. ... At a word from Virgil, Plutus falls to the ground. ...

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Inferno (Italian for "hell"), is the first part of Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem "The Divine Comedy." ... It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located within the Earth. ... The poem starts on Maundy Thursday in the year 1300. ... Virgil then guides Dante through the nine circles of Hell. ...

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The poem summarizes his theology, philosophy, and life (Kuiper). ... The Latin poet Virgil, who was sent by Dante's lost love Beatrice, rescues Dante. ... Next, Dante and Virgil journey down to the third circle. ... As Dante and Virgil continue they arrive in the city of Dis. ... Dante and Virgil make their way past Satan and out of hell. ...

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This poem is allegorical record of Dante's quest to overcome sin and find God. ... Dante starts the poem trapped in the shadows of his own sin and this is his quest to find light. ... Dante is often scared and consistently turns to Virgil for safety and relief, in the lower parts of hell. ... Dante becomes afraid when Virgil, shows signs of confusion and feebleness. ... As the poem progresses we see Dante the Pilgrim and Dante the Poet becoming more and more similar. ...

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After crossing the river Acheron Dante finds him self in Level 1- Limbo is the first circle in hell where things are not so bad, there is no punishment here, there is a seven walled- castle, some trees, a stream which all serves as a home to Dante's guide through hell, the great philosopher Virgil as well as many other great philosophers. ... Moving on downward Dante and Virgil find themselves in level 4 where the sin here is those who wasted their lives and lived greedily without sharing any of their wealth. ... As Dante and Virgil move on quickly they come across the river Styx. ......

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The majority of the imagery used in the poem is meant to scare the readers and send chilling thoughts into their minds. ... Dante is accompanied by the famous poet Virgil on his journey through the underworld to heaven. ... Dante learns more about the three different ways one can inflict harm to themselves through Virgil. Virgil tells him that three forms of violence through sin are against God, people, or oneself. ... Virgil explains "Those who perpetrate violence against other people or their property--murderers and bandits--are punished in the first ring of the seventh circle, a river of bl...

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When Dante is with Virgil, his actions are centered on Virgil, a human being. And Virgil, seeing as he is only a human, can only lead Dante through Hell and Purgatory. ... By turning his focus from the physical realm of Virgil to the spiritual realm of Beatrice, Dante is able to go through Paradise and ultimately see God. ... When reading the poem, one may wonder why Chaucer even bothers putting these last six stanzas in the poem. ... So why would Chaucer include this last section of the poem? ...

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The first part of Dante Alighieri's epic poem Divine Comedy, also known as Inferno, tells about the spiritual pilgrimage of Dante from Hell to Purgatory (Fiero 148). The Roman poet Virgil, who guides Dante through hell, acts as the symbol of reason and studies the varieties of human sin (Sayre 441). ... In Canto IV, the poets Dante and Virgil begin to cross the first circle, Limbo. ... The poets Dante and Virgil leave the first circle of hell and enter the circle of Lust. ... " Virgil explains to Dante the reason being the violent are placed before the fraudulent and he says: Ma...

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While Dante is lost in the forest, his guide Virgil appears before him. Beatrice in heaven sent Virgil to become Dante's protection. ... His personal sins are shown and represented throughout the poem. The deeper Dante and Virgil travel through the circles of hell, the worse the punishment for each sin gets. ... In this circle Dante and Virgil see the wrathful fighting with each other, which represents their own sin they committed. ...

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The Inferno is epic that is about a telling of Dante through his Journey throughout Hell while being guided by Virgil. In the poem, Hell is shown as nine circles of suffering depending on what you did and serves as different levels of punishment and along in this journey, Dante understands the soul towards God along with the Inferno describing the nine circles of hell being Lucifer, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, heresy, violence, fraud, and treasury as he explores hell and meets different people along the way. ... By Beatrice sending Virgil, it would mean that she still loves Dante and that ...

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Dante is guided through hell and purgatory by Virgil, who is, the symbol of reason. ... Dante wrote the poem for his colleagues and therefore wrote it in vernacular which was Italian. He named the poem La commedia (The Comedy) because it ends happily, in heaven. ... His poem is most complemented for his symbolic meanings behind each of the cantos. ... Discouraged, Dante meets his guide Virgil, who explains that to regain his way, Dante must travel with him through hell and purgatory. ...

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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. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located within the center of Earth. The arrangement of the poem takes the reader step by step through greater and greater sins. ...

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