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    Dante is considered one of the most important poets of the Middle Ages. He wrote his epic poem Divine Comedy in the vernacular Italian language, rather than Latin, to make important literature more accessible to common people. The Divine Comedy follows Dante's journey through Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. It illustrates that individuals are free to change their behaviors and avoid punishment to attain Paradise, drawing spiritual lessons that still resonate with modern readers.

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    Dante is considered one of the most important poets of the Middle Ages. He wrote his epic poem Divine Comedy in the vernacular Italian language, rather than Latin, to make important literature more accessible to common people. The Divine Comedy follows Dante's journey through Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. It illustrates that individuals are free to change their behaviors and avoid punishment to attain Paradise, drawing spiritual lessons that still resonate with modern readers.

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    Dante is considered one of the most important poets of the Middle Ages. He wrote his epic poem Divine Comedy in the vernacular Italian language, rather than Latin, to make important literature more accessible to common people. The Divine Comedy follows Dante's journey through Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. It illustrates that individuals are free to change their behaviors and avoid punishment to attain Paradise, drawing spiritual lessons that still resonate with modern readers.

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    In the Name of God

    European Literature - First response paper (Dante)

    Professor: Dr. Nazokdast

    Name: Pooya Shahnoor

    Dante is a great poet and his Divine Comedy is widely considered as one of the most
    important poems of the Middle Ages. In a time that many literary figures wrote their
    writings and poems in Latin, he wrote the Divine Comedy and most of his poems in the
    vernacular tongue, because he wanted to ensure that important literary works would be
    accessible to the most people.

    Dante Alighieri and John Milton, two composers of vernacular epic poems, undoubtedly
    hold prominent positions in the literary canons of Italy and England respectively.

    In my opinion, Dante’s Comedy is one of the greatest works of literature. The story is
    interesting and there are many lessons to learn. The work makes clear that every individual
    human being is subject to temptation and sin and every sin will be punished, but it is also
    crucial to the story that every human being also is free to alter his or her behavior in order
    to avoid punishment and to win the eternal rewards of Paradise.

    The poem consists of 3 sections, Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso. His Inferno differs from
    its great classical predecessors. For example in Homer’s Odyssey the visit to the land of the
    dead occurs in the middle of the poem, but Dante starts his journey by visiting land of the
    dead because his poem’s spiritual pattern is not classical but Christian and in this way,
    Dante’s method is similar to the Paradise Lost by Milton.

    However the Divine Comedy was not well-regarded in past times but now it is considered
    as one the greatest literary works that have ever been written because of its spiritual
    messages. Like Paradise Lost it shows us the direct path towards salvation and that’s
    exactly what modern readers want to know, to experience and to re-examine their life
    because they have the ability to stir our souls and teach how to soar high.

    THE END

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