Examples Of Humanism In Dantes Inferno

Dante and the Road to Humanism During the Renaissance, the belief of humanism became extremely popular. After the black plague people began to wonder if God had abandoned them. As a result, they began to look for their own answers through observation and experiment; this method was called empiricism. Through this man began to place himself at the center of the universe instead of God. Men began to embrace their own talents and spent less time worrying about the next life and more living in the current one. Humanism was also brought up by a desire to re-live the Classical time period, or the golden age; therefore the humanistic education consisted of studies of Greek, Latin, art, music and philosophy. Throughout Dante’s work he emphasizes
While he was away, the Black Guelfs completely took over Florence, and so Dante was exiled from his native city for the rest of his life. While in exile, he writes the Divine Comedy, Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise, and completed the Inferno in 1314. The poem follows Dante after he strays off the path of moral truth and gets lost in the dark woods. In the woods, Dante is greeted by three beasts; Virgil saves him from them and becomes his guide through hell. In hell, Dante has the opportunity to speak with multiple sinners within the nine circles. Overall the journey took three days, beginning on Good Friday, and ending on Easter Sunday. Although Dante is considered to be one of the best Christian poets, he leaves no evidence of Christian forgiveness in his poem and bases his work off of the idea of severe ancient laws and divine retribution. The Inferno is considered a humanist work because of the references to ancient Greek characters, application of ordinary beings into a godly position and humanist concepts portrayed in scenes of motivation. In the Malebolge, the bridge from bolgia six to bolgia seven had been destroyed; because the bridge had fallen Dante and Virgil had to climb
Boccaccio is a significant figure in Italian history and literature, and was among the founders of the Renaissance. Although Boccaccio studied law for years, he found that his main interest was in poetry and writing. One of his most famous works was the Decameron, which he completed in 1358. The Decameron narrates the stories of 10 people, both men and women who reside in a villa in Florence to escape the plague. This work influenced Europe and several other writers including Shakespeare and Chaucer. Because Boccaccio was one of Petrarch’s followers, he developed his passion for literary