Nine circle of Hell correspond to the suffering located within the Earth. Inferno was the place for people who tried to justify their sins and are unrepentant. He cannot evade these beasts and falling into a “deep place” ( basso loco) where the sun is silent (l sol tace).ĭante is at last rescued by the Roman poet Virgil, who claims to have been sent by Beatrice, and the two of them begin their journey to the underworld. On the surface, the poem describes Dante’s travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven but at a deeper level, it represents, allegorically, the soul’s journey towards God.Īt the beginning of the poetry, Dante, the poet finds himself lost in a dark wood in front of a mountain, assailed by three beasts (a lion, a leopard and a she-wolf) represent three types of sin: the self-indulgent, the violent, and the malicious. It is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. It helped establish the Tuscan language, in which it is written, as the standardized Italian language. The poem’s imaginative and allegorical vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval world-view as it had developed in the Western Church by the 14th century. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature. The Divine Comedy (Italian: Divina Commedia) is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between c.
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