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It was summer time in the Dominican Republic When Dante realized that he had to get away. He had to go to America. Dante lives in a small town In the Dominican called Brannon. Brannon has lived In poverty for…

This large painting by William Bugbear depicts a scene from Dances inferno. It is set on the banks of the river Styx which formed the boundary between earth and the under world. Dante is with Virgil who is his guide…

This ghostly character turns out to be Virgil, a Roman tot, sent to lead Dante back to his path, the top of the mountain. Virgil warns Dante that to reach their destination, they must go through Hell. As Virgil and…

Dante’s descent into Hell in Inferno, the first part of his Divine Comedy, tells of the author’s experiences in Hades as he is guided through the abyss by the Roman author, Virgil. The text is broken into cantos that coincide…

Introduction 1. The journey taken by Dante is symbolic in the fact that it is a spiritual quest for salvation. 2. A canto is a chapter. 3. The Divine Comedy contains 100 cantos because 100 is the square of ten…

Canto III Summary In the beginning of Canto III in Dante’s Inferno, Virgil takes Dante to the entrance to Hell. On the gate there was a sign that read “All hope abandon, ye who enter in! ” Virgil told Dante…

Their family is then forced to leave their home town of Florence Italy by the co instant dueling of political groups in the cities, between the white Gulfs, who opposed the p papacy influence and the black Gulfs, who supported…