The Divine Comedy EssayDante Alighieri's, The Divine Comedy, Inferno, was written during a very uncertain time of his life. He is middle aged and exiled from his beloved city of Florence. Dante is economically and politically ruined (Cervigni and Vasta 6). He reflects on the past and is...

Medieval records of psycho-cosmic journeys arouse feelings of love. This is especially true of The Divine Comedy. Not only do they arouse these feelings but they are also heroic with the achievement of a great reward after a perilous undertaking and may involve a summons that is most often the resu...

"Dante's Divine Comedy and Aeneid" In Dante's Divine Comedy, Dante incorporates Virgil's portrayal of Hades from The Aeneid into his poem, and similarities between the Inferno and Hades can be drawn, however Dante wasn't attempting to duplicate Virgil's works. Alt...

The Book I will write my research paper on is Candide or Optimism by Voltaire. I will begin by telling you about Voltaire and then discuss the bokk with you. Franciois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire was born into a middle class family. His father was a minor treasury official. Voltaire was educated by t...

In The Divine Comedy, Dante organizes both Heaven and Hell into several different divisions. Hell is broken down into nine levels, some with sublevels. Heaven, or Paradise, is separated into ten kingdoms. Each of these sections represents a lifestyle on Earth. The lifestyle in the afterli...

It is an accepted fact within many schools of thought that, Dante\'s Inferno is a groundbreaking work that set a standard for its genre and also demonstrated many new visual and psychological concepts about the after life. Yet, it is also clear that the Inferno is a product of its time and must be ...

The Inferno, the first part of Dante Alighieri's poem, The Divine Comedy, written roughly around 1307-1308 chronicles Dante's figurative journey to God. In this poem, Dante is led by the ghost of Virgil, the Roman poet, who has come to rescue him from he dark forest and to lead him through the real...

Analytical Essay on Cerberus In Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy Vol. I: Inferno, as readers follow the pilgrim's descent through the many circles of hell hell, monsters from classical mythology. Cerberus is one such monster that the pilgrim encounters on his voyage through hell....

Dante's Inferno and his story of the trip through hell are very relevant to the modern world's views on sins. There are many issues in The Divine Comedy that are as significant today as they were when Dante wrote his comedy. Although some views discussed are not common to everyone, such ...