Divine Comedy

It is always a chancy bet to rewrite a classic piece of literature that is as well known as Dante Alighieri’s classic work ‘The Divine Comedy’. However, sometimes a bit of revision is necessary in order to provide modern-day audiences with the same kind of impact that was felt by…

The ‘Inferno’ is the first part of the work ‘The Divine Comedy’ by Dante. The work is an allegory which deals with the journey of Dante through hell accompanied by Virgil, the Roman poet. In addition, the work ‘Divine comedy’ symbolizes the journey of the soul. Within this, ‘Inferno’ deals…

Why does Virgil crown and miters Dante on reaching the earthly paradise? At this point Dante is crowned by Virgil after passing through the various stages of purgatory. Here is the last level in purgatory after the valley of Princes. The author and Virgil have scaled through the various levels…

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Inferno, which means ‘Hell’ in Italian, is the first part of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem ‘Divine Comedy’. In the poem Dante explains his journey through Hell. The Hell described by Dante is based on different concepts including that of the Catholic Doctrine of that time but Dante has added some…

Introduction The divine comedy that consists of three significant sections namely, “Inferno, Purgatoria and Paradiso” tends to have a strong relationship between classical and Christian culture (Grafton 251). The comedy seems to have a classical sense because it has a happy conclusion. The series of the comedy depicts a journey…

Dante’s Inferno is about an imaginary journey through afterlife. Virgil, the of a Roman novel “The Aeneid” takes Dante to the hell (Inferno), then to the mountain of Purgatory to the finally to the Garden of Eden. Now here in the Garden of Eden, Dante meets his beloved Beatrice, who…

The ‘inferno’ marks the first part of the remarkable poem ‘divine comedy’ written by Dante Alighieri in the 14th century. The ‘inferno’, also referred to as hell depicts the journey of Dante through hell as he marches to heaven while guided by the ghost of the great roman poet, Virgil….

Introduction Nature has various ways in which it can be explained. The Christians will largely follow the Genesis Bible, while Dante had his own way explaining at a different version. Dante Alighieri was born in 1265 to 1321 and wrote his poem the divine comedy during the thirteen years of…

The figure of Dante who roams through the infernal reaches of hell encounters a number of characters who endure terrible suffering, apparently because of sins which they have committed during their lives on earth. This paper examines the depiction of two such characters, Filippo Argenti (Inferno: Canto 8) and (Inferno:…