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Role of Virgil

Form, Number, & Symbols

Beatrice:

Dante's Spiritual Guide

Style & Language

  • A Roman poet who guides Dante through Hell & Purgatory
  • Believed to be consigned to the first crack of hell with the pagans
  • Represents Dante's inner split between strict Christianity & humanism
  • Is the symbol of what human reason can achieve without faith
  • 100 chapters because 100 was the perfect number in the Middle Ages
  • 1 introduction
  • 3 sections of 33 chapters each; each section was devoted to a member of the Holy Trinity
  • 3 lined stanzas & rhyme scheme
  • Journey lasted 3 days
  • Guided by 3 spirits
  • Deemed a comedy because of its happy ending
  • Used the vernacular
  • Finest poetry ever written in Italian
  • Encompasses Dante's vision of God's judgement on every significant aspect of human life
  • Guides Dante towards salvation & Paradise
  • The journey is blessed by Beatrice hence turning him away from error and towards truth & grace
  • First to give Dante a glimpse of spiritual perfection made possible by the love of a woman
  • Symbolizes love and faith

Divine Comedy

  • Imaginary journey that takes Dante through Hell, Purgatory, & Paradise
  • Symbolizes humanity's quest for salvation through the process of recognizing and rejecting sin, awaiting redemption, then achieving salvation

Florence, Italy

DANTE

Basic Facts

1265-1321

  • Born in Florence
  • Fell in love with a girl named Beatrice at a young age. When she died, her spirit haunted him forever
  • Involved in poetry, literature, & politics
  • Sentenced to death in Florence for allowing the city to be taken over
  • Lived in exile, until his death in Ravenna

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