Review of The Divine Comedy: Paradiso
It was said that amongst the three Divine Comedies of Dante, Paradiso is the least read. But being the least in terms of audience reading does not make it into a bad literary creation. It is, in fact, the best. Unlike Inferno and Purgatoryo, Paradiso offers the readers complete perfection. The previous books may have caught great attention because of their familiar tone and mood. They talk about sin, pains, and hardships. Anybody living here on earth understands perfectly what these are saying. People empathize with their stories. Looking around bookstores, or plainly scan
ning through movies and television shows would take you to similar scenarios. Their theme is just but the common thing: life. It was written through the use of Dante's imaginations. It digs deep into the mind's eye and the body's soul. It is a challenge both to the writer and the reader. ) Dante explored the unknown and played around ideas that formed this book's very diverse vision. (One only understands what he reads when he can form images in his head, doesn't it?) Everyone is alien to the thought of perfection. It doesn't merely exercise the shallow and usual visualization of the readers. Notice how he used the planets and the outward stretch of the universe to illustrate the book's setting. The reader must entirely go deep-rooted into the words' meaning to completely get the picture. Yes, we had formed images through the years; but no one is quite sure about its existence and appearance. I mean, let's face it, man loves challenge (Conflicts are challenges. A very small percentage of human beings have actually been out there; the rest of the human race depends on imagination based on stories and "sneak previews" [Like a video coverage that features only parts of the experience.
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