Divine Comedy-I: Inferno Dante Alighieri

Dante’s Inferno and Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat define their essential beliefs and attitudes regarding sin and the meaning of life. Their contrasting opinions of sin outline the extent to which their values differ and the way they live their lives....

The purpose of this essay is to examine to what extent Dante presents pride as being the basis for all sin in La Commedia, and whether he portrays pride as being a qualifiable or justifiable evil. Pride is defined as feelings of your own worth and...

Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy presents a highly detailed first-person account of the afterlife that is rich with imagery. The use of detailed imagery gives the reader a very descriptive and realistic view of the events, creating a strong...

From the very start of Inferno, Dante is thrust into a world of endless pain and suffering, watching the souls forever trapped in the consequences of their sins. Specifically, Dante uses landscape and weather phenomena of each circle as his tools...