His allegorical poem describes a hierarchy of evil. Dante is the hero, who loses his way in the "dark woods" and journeys to nine regions arranged around the wall of a huge funnel in nine concentric circles representing Hell. Fortunately, his lady, Beatrice, along with the Virgin Mary herself, sends the spirit of Virgil, the classical Latin poet, to guide Dante through much of his journey...
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But as much as Dante admires and reveres Virgil, and though Dante considers him to have prophesied of the coming of Christ, Virgil is not a Christian. To Dante he represents human knowledge, or unholy reason, which cannot lead a person to God. This infidel may not pass into the highest realms. The ghost of Virgil, the Roman poet, leads Dante from the dark forest and then through the realms of the afterlife...
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alexander The Inferno by: Dante Alighiere Translated by: John Ciardi ?« Summary of plot, organization and resolution o The Inferno is the first of a three part series by Dante known as the Divine Comedy...	1 / 279
dante's inderno Thieves Bowge VIII. Counselors Bowge IX. Sowers of Discord Bowge X. Falsifiers Circle Nine - Traitors Region i: Traitors to their kindred Region ii: Traitors to their country Region iii: Traitors to their guests Region iv: Traitors to their lords On Easter Sunday, Dante emerges from Hell...	2 / 313
Annotation: Dante's Inferno, Page 81, L 31 to Page 82, L 63 Thus, Dante purifies himself of being wrathful from his own soul by denouncing Argenti. Dante's journey through the first five circles of hell has hardened Dante's heart towards sinful men...	2 / 365
Inferno Analysis Vanni Fucci is there for robbing a church, and now the serpents have attacked him. Dante's goal in his writing is that he wants to write the defining work for the culture that he lives in...	2 / 304