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Dante's Inferno

Introduction

Dante Alighieri, a famous poet, wrote Divine comedy, the epic poem of the 14th century. Inferno is the first part of the poem. The part is about Dante's journey through hell, which was guided by Virgil, the Roman poet.

Discussion

Cantos 1-5

Dante realizes in the first canto that his life is lost in a dark and wild wood (hell) characterized by sin, ignorance and worldliness. He tries to flee from it by climbing a sunlit mountain (heaven), but is blocked by the evil tendencies. When he is driven back, he meets the shade of his ...