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    The Inferno‚ By Dante Alighieri is part of The Divine Comedy‚ which consists of the Inferno‚ Purgatorio‚ and Paradiso. The Inferno‚ written in 1314‚ is about Dante’s allegorical journey through Hell where he speaks to many of the sinners and tells their stories. The inferno presents the theme that God finds a just way to punish all those who sin. The author‚ Dante Alighieri‚ is also the speaker in the poem‚ and Dante’s audience is mainly the Italian people‚ as they are familiar with many of the characters

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    Themes of Dante's Inferno

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    Themes of Dante’s Inferno Dante’s Inferno exemplifies a Hell in which God’s justice is just as perfect as everything else he does. Each division of Hell along with the punishments within them seem to directly correspond to the sins man had commited on Earth. The punishments also become exceedingly more horrible the deeper one finds himself in Hell. As the story progresses‚ however‚ the character becomes less and less inclined toward pity‚ as he discovers that sinners receive punishment in perfect

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    Throughout the years‚ our justice system has become less focused on giving criminals a just punishment and more focused on the fame and publicity that a large scale crime can allow. With every big criminal case‚ there are people rushing to read the headlines and learn everything there is about the criminal: their past‚ their living situation‚ their family‚ their mental state. We become so focused on the criminal that we often times overlook the crime itself. Headlines focus more on the people who

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    Inferno Canto X

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    Comment on Canto X: Canto X of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno starts with Virgil and Dante on their way to the sixth circle. The sixth circle is where the tombs of those who believe that the soul dies with the body are put. We call them Epicureans. Dante then meets two Epicureans. The first one‚ Farinata degli Uberti notices Dante because of his accent. Farinata asks who his ancestors are and finds out that they were his enemies. The conversation goes on until another Epicurean appears‚ Cavalcante

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    n Alighieri’s Inferno he highlights the fact that corruption frequently occurs amongst human beings due to incorrect reefing practices. Many of the sinners throughout Inferno were unable to read texts allegorically henceforth leading to corruption. The first example of poor reading practices would be in the case of Francesco and Pablo. Francesca’s cheated on her husband with his brother Pablo. She blames her infidelity‚ however‚ on the work of literature she was reading‚ Lancelot. She states

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    charge of Malebranche threaten to harm Dante the Pilgrim with their brute force and pitchforks. However‚ Virgil uses his wisdom and courage to hide Dante by placing him behind a rock to keep him out of reach of Malebranche’s hoard. This moment in The Inferno demonstrates the great amount of courage that Virgil has despite being a well-known writer from his time. I believe this is the point in the novel where Virgil realizes that Dante the Poet cannot really protect himself in Hell due to be naive and

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    Change In Dante's Inferno

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    Dante is nearing the end of his journey through Hell; his opinions change about the barbaric sinners‚ and he begins to believe they are evil and deserve their eternal torture. We are now in Canto XXXII and XXXIII‚ of Dante Alighieri’s “ The Inferno”‚ part of the “Divine Comedy”. He descends to the ninth circle of Hell‚ Cocytus. The first subsection is Caina. Here are the treacherous against blood ties. They are stuck in the thick ice on the freezing lake‚ with only their heads above the ice. Their

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    Who Is Dante's Inferno?

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    inspiration for his major poems. Between 1285‚ when he married and began a family‚ and 1302‚ when he was exiled from Florence‚ he was active in the cultural and civic life of Florence‚ served as a soldier and held several political offices. Summary The Inferno follows the wanderings of the poet Dante as he strays off the rightful and straight path of moral truth and gets lost in a dark wood. Just as three wild animals threaten to attack him‚ Dante is rescued by the ghost of Virgil‚ a celebrated Roman poet

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    Nic Parmer Mr. Wiygul British Literature 9-27-15 Inferno Written by Dante Alighieri‚ Inferno is one of the three works that make up The Divine Comedy. The Divine Comedy documents Dante’s travels through Hell (in Inferno)‚ Purgatory (in Purgatorio)‚ and Heaven (in Paradiso). The Divine Comedy helped to establish the roots of what is now the Italian language‚ as Dante wrote in the Italian vernacular instead of Latin‚ making his work more accessible to the lower‚ uneducated classes and establishing

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    Dante's Inferno Outline

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    Dante’s Inferno A. Dante Alighieri 1. 1265-1321 Florence‚ Italy 2. Beatrice; become in love with her at age 9 a. At 18‚ they met again. They get into a fight and she dies 3. believes church and state should remain separate 4. Not allowed back in Florence B. Background information -Written 1308-1321 -100 Cantos (chapters) a. 1 intro canto b. 33 inferno cantos: Sin is around‚ focuses on the power of God c. 33 purgatorio cantos: Wisdom of Christ; reject sin and wait d. 33 paradiso cantos:

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