Essays On Dante, p. 4 of 18
Francesca
da Rimini in Dante’s “The Inferno”
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This 5 page report discusses Dante Alighieri's
classic that tells of the poet’s journey
into hell. The report focuses on the structure
of hell and then examines the character of
Francesca da Rimini who is in hell because of
her adulterous affair. Her story gains the
sympathy of both Dante and the reader but the
point is that it is God who determines
justice, not humans. Dante also applies a
specific system of ethics to classify the sins
and punishments of hell. No secondary sources.
Filename: BWdante.wps
Comparing
the Underworlds of Dante and Virgil
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A 3 page paper discussing the two authors'
views of their conceptions of an underworld.
Virgil's is merely the location of the souls
of those who have finished with physical life;
Dante's is the final destination of those who
die separated from God. The similarities are
more striking than are the differences, but
then Virgil himself is Dante's guide through
the underworld. As he is guiding another
through a location he has already visited, it
is reasonable that Dante's portrayal of hell
is similar to Virgil's description written
generations before. Bibliography lists 3
sources.
Filename: KSunder.doc
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