Figurative Language In Dante's Inferno

Literary Analysis: The Odyssey and Dante’s Inferno Name: Course: Institution: Instructor: Date: Themes are fundamental and universal ideas that are explored in literary works. The epics of The Inferno by Dante and The Odyssey by Homer are two different stories with themes that that have some similarities while others have distinction. In The Odyssey, the central point is Odysseus struggling to go back home. In Inferno, Dante is the main character who is fighting between good and evil, which translates to be the theme of the story. Dante explores deeply the Christian hell and heaven, which includes the immediate Purgatory.

Despite the fact that both Dante and Perceval are epic heroes that leave home and have special weapons, they also have differences within these characteristics that make them epic heroes. Dante leaves home to go to Hell. His reason for being in Hell was to recognize his sins and then be forgiven, so he could get to Heaven. At the beginning of his journey, he said “Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray / from the

Dante’s Tour through Hell Dante’s Inferno is a narrative, poetic adventure through the nine different layers of Hell. With Virgil as Dante’s guide, Dante encounters all sorts of suffering, “[E]xpect to see to see the suffering race of souls who lost [God]” (Puchner et al. 1607), while interacting with those which are called ‘shades’. Some of these shades Virgil urges Dante to have limited, to no conversations with for various reasons; yet, many are recognizable to Dante and their lot is understood. While reading Dante’s Inferno, the reader experiences that Dante was unaware that he was redirected from a righteous path, “Midway along the journey of our life I woke to find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight path” (Puchner et al.

This is a rendition of the X Canto of Dante's Inferno. The way how the poem is iterated is in the style of a short story. The characters that are all associated within the text are still in and the liberties taken amongst the essay is the dialogue has been made to fit more along the style of a short story but the whole concept of the poem still holds true. The story that the X Canto tells is Dante and Virgil going through the sixth circle of hell, where all the heretics are at. Dante then has a conversation with another poet named Farinata.

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is about the character Dante’s journey through the Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, one that God has allowed him to take. In both the Inferno and Purgatorio there are souls who are being punished for their sins. In the second circle of the inferno and the seventh terrace of purgatorio the sin that most people are tempted by and is the least grave is lust. There are differences in the way Dante chooses to punish the lustful, in the Inferno and in Purgatorio. There is a similarity in the manner in which the lust the souls feel is portrayed.

The purpose of this passage is to prepare Dante and the audience to for what is coming in the upcoming circles. As the circles progress, the tortures become more gruesome. Dante uses metaphor such as “pus and tears that dribbled to their feet” to make the audience feel the tortures and how painful they were. The structure of Dante’s Inferno is unique as the first and third lines of each stanza rhymes and the middle line has a different end sound. His use of this pattern indicates connections among the story because it creates a feeling of forward motion.

In Dante’s Inferno, he writes about his journey through hell for the purpose of recognizing his sins. He goes through this journey with Virgil, a voice of reason for Dante. Dante meets people through his journey of the many circles in the Inferno that lead him down into the center of hell, where Satan is. Satan is seen as being monster-like with three heads, representing a mocking of the Trinity and blowing his wings around the cocytus river. The final thing seen here is the fact that Dante’s description of Satan is a bit disappointing compared to the other descriptions he has written about the inferno.

Dante’s inferno is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri during the renaissance period about the journey through hell. Putting himself as the main character, Dante composes his own take on hell-- 9 circles for 9 sins-- and includes with it difficulties Dante the character must face. In this feat, Dante the poet presents readers with detail on the sins that led to the condemnation of sinners, the punishments that follow, and actual examples of sinners that suffer in the

For instance, Dante is metaphorically depicted as a poet in the Purgatono. This outlines the relationship between the two, where Dante leaves the cruel sea which is hell and journeys to the waters that are better. This emerges as customary to Virgil, as he's used the metaphor before. Dante depicts Virgil to be strong and brave

The Inferno is a production that Dante made to show his ideas on divine justice of God. At that time, Dante was the most famous one in the world of poetry. As Dante describes, Hell is contained of nine sins’ circles following in order from Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery. Base on how serious the sin is, the person will be received an appropriate punishment. The poem starts out with Dante lost direction in misty wood.