The Divine Comedy (collective work) (edit title/settings)

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• Dante Alighieri: The man who travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven.
• Beatrice: Dante's lover. She as well wants to help Dante in his journey through the afterlife. She is the daughter of Folco Portinari.
• Boniface Viii: He is Dante's enemy.
• Lucia: Beatrice calls this angel/vision to come and give faith to Dante. She is the symbol of what enlights the mind.
• Filippo Argenti: one of the richest people from Florence in Dante's time.
• Virgil: A poet that was chosen from Limbo to guide Dante through the Inferno and Purgatorio.
• Aeneas: He is the father of Italy.
• Ciacco: he was punished for what he did in his life; Dante meets him in the Inferno.
• Pluto: here, he is the god of richness, representing the need for fortune.
• Flegva: He wants to restrain Dante and keep him in a specific level of the afterlife.
• Farinata degli Uberti: here, he gets praised by Dante, his greatest enemy.
• Pier della Vigna: he was a chancellor at Frederick II court, but now he became a tree because he committed suicide.
• Capaneu: one of the seven kings that attacked Troy/Teba.
• Minos: The judge of Hell. Sits at the end of Limbo, judging souls according to their sins.
• Dante: A timid man who faces a journey through the afterlife that will form his character and ultimatley effect the way he lives life forever.
• Zeus: the god of thunder and lightning.

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• “"<...> el que ve una necesidad, y aguarda que le supliquen, ya se prepara malignamente a rehusar todo socorro."”

  Virgilio, "El Purgatorio", Canto 17

• “"¡Oh buen Apolo! Haz de mí para este último trabajo un vaso lleno de tu valor, tal como lo exiges para conceder tu laurel amado; pues si hasta aquí tuve bastante con una cima del Parnaso, ahora necesito las dos para entrar en el resto de mi carrera. Entra en mi seno, e inspírame el aliento de que estabas poseído cuando sacaste los miembros de Marsias fuera de su piel."”

  Dante, "El Paraíso", Canto 1

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Dis: A city in Hell

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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• The Sun: The Sun represents God and his holy light.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Aristotle's divine intellect.

Preceded by Catholic Ethic And The Spirit Of Capitalism, and followed by Chinese Society (Asia's Transformations).

Preceded by Summa Theologica, and followed by The Praise of Folly.

Preceded by Into the Wild, and followed by The Hobbit.

Preceded by Pride and Prejudice, and followed by The Canterbury Tales.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Dante Alighieri (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. C. H. Sisson (Author)
2. David H. Higgins
3. Lawrence Grant (Translator) - Translator for the 1948 edition published by Pantheon Books.
4. Gustave Doré (Illustrator) - Illustrator for the 1948 edition published by Pantheon Books.

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• Dewey: 851.15

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• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Literature & Fiction › Poetry
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Inspirational & Religious
• Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Movements & Periods › Renaissance
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• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Catholicism › Roman Catholicism

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Articles on Dante Alighieri on NYT
• Project Gutenberg: Free e-book

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