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Dante's Enferno

Dante’s Inferno
As the reader engages on his travels through Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, he is introduced to Dante’s imaginative and meticulous visualization of a plunge into the darkness of hell. Throughout this vigorous voyage, Virgil, a late poet who now resides in Limbo, acts as Dante’s guide as he steers Dante with protection through the world of sin. During their journey, they encounter a assortment of sinners and are introduced to the unbearable sufferings and torments these souls must now endure in their after life. From each ring of hell the evolution from minor sins to the most essential sins deteriorates into each class of sinners and the torture they must undergo. Over and over, a sinner’s punishment in hell is in direct relation to his sin, and thus is both fair and symbolic of his wrongdoing on earth.
As the poem commences, justice and the symbolic meaning of the Opportunists are introduced in Canto III when Dante and Virgil enter the Vestibule. Now, the ...

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