"Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri is an epic poem from the 1300s that is separated into three sections: Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. The story is about what happens after death, how fair God is, and a person's journey to find God. The main character, Dante, travels through these places, guided by Virgil, a Roman poet, and later by Beatrice, who shows God's love. The poem starts with Dante lost and sad in a dark forest, which stands for confusion and sin, where he struggles to find the right path and faces beasts that show different sins. Virgil then guides him through Hell, where tormented souls suffer for their sins, touching on forgiveness and moral decisions as it sets the scene for a journey full of symbols, philosophy, and comments on society.
Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete
By Dante Alighieri
Guided through the realms of the afterlife, a lost soul confronts sin, seeks redemption, and journeys toward divine enlightenment.
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About the AuthorDante Alighieri, widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
Dante Alighieri, widely known mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
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