stories always get terrible reviews for being to basic and predictable. Hell clearly shows no traces of love, which is why Dante did not get any reviews saying his is too basic. Dante wrote the Divine Comedy, which includes his idea of Hell Inferno. In the Inferno, the great poet, Virgil, guides Dante through the nine Circles of Hell. He chooses Virgil to guide him because he looks up to Virgil with great respect. Virgil starts by telling him that they must go through the pits of Hell in order to
Dante uses symbolism to assign a different degree of punishment to each treacherous act. Likewise, Plato uses allegories, specifically in his section of the “Allegory of the Cave” to describe a person’s journey with ignorance and wisdom. The opening of the cave symbolizes the ignorance of humanity, but as a person ascents from the cave, the sunlight they see as they exit the cave represents
The Development of Dante in Inferno Every civilization in history has made an effort, of some nature, to try and understand the world around them more thoroughly through religion or philosophy of some nature. Not least of these was medieval Rome or, for that matter, any of the warring city-states surrounding it in an ancient and divided Italy. Although each city-state had a religious allegiance to Rome and the authority of its leader, the Pope, Florence, Venice, and Naples never wanted to fully submit