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    The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a 14th century Italian poem describing the poet's journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Heaven (Paradiso), guided by the Roman poet Virgil and his muse Beatrice. Hell is depicted as nine circles containing souls suffering contrapasso, or punishments fitting their sins. Purgatory is represented as a mountain with seven levels where souls purge themselves through punishment. In Paradiso, Beatrice guides Dante through the nine spheres of Heaven where they learn from saints and philosophers about God's divine nature.

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    The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a 14th century Italian poem describing the poet's journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Heaven (Paradiso), guided by the Roman poet Virgil and his muse Beatrice. Hell is depicted as nine circles containing souls suffering contrapasso, or punishments fitting their sins. Purgatory is represented as a mountain with seven levels where souls purge themselves through punishment. In Paradiso, Beatrice guides Dante through the nine spheres of Heaven where they learn from saints and philosophers about God's divine nature.

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    The Divine Comedy

    By Dante Alighieri
    Content
    1 Introduction

    2 Paradiso

    3 Inferno

    4 Purgatorio
    Introduction
    • Medieval Italian Poem
    • Depicts the theme of the afte
    rlife(Hell,Heaven,And Purgat
    ory)
    • It forms 100 cantos as a whol
    e
    Introduction
    Dante (who was born in 1265) wro
    te The Divine Comedy somewhere
    between 1308 and his death in 132
    1, while he was in exile from his ho
    metown of Florence, Italy, which h
    ad been enduring civil war.
    Not This Dante
    This Dante!
    Inferno
    Inferno

    As an exile, the poet Dante felt rather lost in his life;


    so, at the beginning of Inferno, the character Dante is
    likewise lost both physically and spiritually. The ancie
    nt Roman poet Virgil (a hero of Dante's) appears in th
    e poem to guide Dante through Hell in an effort to sa
    ve Dante's soul. Hell exists in the middle of the Earth
    and is made up of nine circles.
    The sinners in Hell have never repented while on Earth. They suffer
    the consequences of the sins they committed during life, which are
    turned back on them, a concept called contrapasso. For example, c
    anto 20 depicts circle eight, where sorcerers who used dark magic t
    o see forward into the future now have their heads painfully turne
    d backwards for all eternity.

    Hell is structured like an upside down cone, with each descending c


    ircle becoming smaller and containing more depraved souls and m
    ore intense suffering. Right outside the gates of Hell are those who
    neither accepted nor rejected God.
    Purgatorio
    °Purgatorio
    After the harrowing experience in Hell, Dante and Vir
    gil climb out and enter Purgatory, where penitent sou
    ls endure punishment in order to fully purge themsel
    ves of sin before entering Heaven. Purgatory is shape
    d like a mountain and is divided into seven different l
    evels, associated with the seven deadly sins of pride,
    envy, wrath, sloth, covetousness, gluttony, and lust.
    Contrapasso still exists to some extent; for example, th
    ose who struggled with the flames of lust on Earth liter
    ally endure a purging fire in Purgatory. But, unlike the s
    ouls in Hell, these souls embrace their punishment bec
    ause it is making them holy. They sing and praise God i
    n the midst of their
    punishment, and implore Dante to ask people on Earth
    to pray for their souls. Also unlike the souls in Hell, the
    y are free to move between the seven levels as they pu
    rify themselves.
    Paradiso
    ° Paradiso

    As a pagan, Virgil cannot enter Heaven, so he is replaced by the


    next guide, Beatrice, who takes Dante from Purgatory to Heaven
    . Beatrice was Dante's real-life love interest and muse for much
    of his poetry, so it is fitting that she acts as Dante's guide to the
    divine. She also seems to be the main agent of his salvation here
    , so critics have long noted how Beatrice acts as a sort of Christ fi
    gure for Dante. At times, the poem seems to be as much about
    Dante's praise of Beatrice as it is about his journey to God.
    Heaven is arranged in a series of nine spheres, which
    loosely correlate to the planets' orbits. Music and deli
    ght characterize Heaven, and the souls and supernat
    ural beings there bask in the light of God's holiness .
    Dante and Beatrice again meet a historical and religio
    us figures , such as the Christian philosopher
    Augustin and the saints from the Bible. These figures
    teach Dante about God's nature.
    Thank you！

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