Dante's Divine Comedy is a moral comedy that is designed to make
             think about their own morals. The poem could have been used almost as a
             and what not to do to get into Heaven for the medieval people. Dante
             a journey through the "afterlife" to imprint in the readers minds what
             if they don't follow a Godlike life and to really make the reader think
             go when they die and where they would like to go when they die. In the
             Dante uses his imagination and his knowledge of the people's perception of
             to create a somewhat realistic yet somewhat imaginary model of the
             In the first lines of the Divine Comedy, Dante says "In the middle
             our life I came to my senses in a dark forest, for I had lost the straight
             lines 1-3) This is the typical stereotype of today for when a person
             consumed in sin. The sinful life is a dark life and a sinless life is a
             life. Dante's coming to his senses in a dark forest symbolizes his
             he truly was and realizing that he needed to do something about it,
             go through the seven sacraments so that he could become pure enough to see
             Paradise and not have to spend and eternity in Hell. Dante realized that
             from the true faith without realizing it, not knowing exactly how it
             to return. Losing the straight path symbolizes losing the holy, pure, or
             Darkness is more or less a symbol of evil and light or brightness a symbol
             Throughout the poem, Dante is advocating that man must consciously aim for
             righteousness and morality. People can often become so involved with
             that they will fall into a life consumed with sin. Man must always be
             to perform righteously. The dark forest sy
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