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. ...
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...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
