Explain the divine comedy portrays a very neat

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1. Dante tries to fit himself into a list of great poets that includes Virgil and Homer. The narrator's guide through Hell is none other than the great Roman poet Virgil, author of The Aeneid, an epic poem that describe the founding of Rome. Why do you find his efforts persuasive or unpersuasive?

2. Explain how The Inferno fails or succeeds to "justify the ways of God to man."

3. In The Divine Comedy, (called comedy because it has a happy ending), the narrator Dante is on a journey, starting in Hell, moving on through Purgatory, and finally to Heaven. What does this journey mean to the narrator Dante? What does it mean to a modern audience?

4. How does Dante's journey compare and contrast with journeys we have seen other protagonists make. Consider, for example, Gilgamesh and Odysseus.

5. In Dante's vision of hell, the punishment fits the crime. Discuss this statement, and give specific examples from the text.

6. Explain how The Divine Comedy portrays a very neat and well-ordered world. Consider, among other issues, the structure of the work.

7. Part political satire, Dante includes both mythical/literary figures and real-life figures (some of them his earthly adversaries!) in various rings of hell. What do you think was the effect on his audience? On a modern audience?

8. And here is one more interesting and entertaining website for you to explore. Click on the Inferno circle to begin this interactive presentation and review of The Inferno.

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