Virgil

through hell, which Dante goes through in Inferno, was a treacherous one. Luckily, he did not have to make this trip on his own. He had the help of Virgil, who acted as Dante’s guide through the inferno. Virgil goes about as a creative, insightful and summoning tutor. He tries to protect Dante and gives him advice when dealing with the dead souls. Virgil knows when it is the right time to draw back or to step forward and at times let Dante form his own opinion on each circle, where the souls…

such as “The Divine Comedy” which features his thoughts on religion and politics. “The Divine Comedy” is a poem about Dante’s allegorical trip through hell. Gustave Dore illustrated his interpretation of Dante’s fictional poem. The picture “Dante and Virgil Emerging from the Southern Hemisphere” reflects the message of Dante and “Inferno” by using the concepts of shading, connecting to “The Divine Comedy” and Gustave Dore’s placement of objects. To begin, Gustave Dore’s use of shading shows…

Virgil awakens readers to the world of the gods through his guide The Aeneid Book I. The book captures the anger of the gods and the nature of rivalry existence in the epic world. Juno’s anger towards Aeneas is evident in the novel. Juno is bitter because Carthage is her favorite city and it will be rendered to destruction in the near future. “But she heard a race of men, sprung of Trojan blood, would one day topple down her Tyrian stronghold…” (24) With the love of her city, to make things…

In Inferno by Dante Alighieri Dante travels through hell, guided by Virgil. Hell is divided by sin, with specific punishments for the different sins committed. Throughout the Inferno Dante the writer makes it clear that the punishments are designed to suit the sins committed. These punishments are cruel and violent punishments that are often times gruesome. Dante the writer wants the reader to feel nothing for these sinners suffering, since they are getting what they deserve. However, Dante the…

away from these animals only to come face to face with Virgil, who claims he is there to guide him through Hell and Purgatory, so that he may end up in Heaven where a ““worthier” spirit will attend him” (Guerber 343). Dante begins to be frightened of what lies ahead, but encouraged by Virgil, stating that Beatrice, his true love, is awaiting him, to lead him beyond these tortures, Dante sets forth on his excruciating…

Italy. Led by anger Juno asks Aeouls god of wind, for help. Juno commands him to cause a profound turbulence of wind to drive the men off their course. To get Aeolus to complete her demands she offers him the marriage of her fairest nymph Deiopea (Virgil 687). Juno is very cunning and clever in the way she thinks out her plans for people to complete her objective that she asks of them. This attempt was did not succeed. Juno goes to extreme lengths by using her beloved queen of Carthage in an…

9). Upon entrance to mouth of hell, Dante hears the tormented cries of countless souls. Dante describes the loud sounds of the tortured souls as “Languages diverse, horrible dialects, Accents of anger, words of agony” (III.25). After asking Virgil what he was hearing Dante learns that the cries he was hearing were from the souls of people who never made the decision to be either good or evil, and consequently was sent to neither heaven nor hell. The first moments after passing through the gates…

Pilgrim is terribly frightened, and when Virgil arrives, he is at first apprehensive, cautious, and scared until he is reassured of Virgil’s noble intentions. This is made clear in the way he address Virgil when they first meet, as he claims, “When I saw him in that vast desert, ‘Have mercy on me, whatever you are,’ I cried, ‘whether shade or living man (Canto 1, lines 64-66)!” It is after being convinced that the Pilgrim’s journey begins as he is guided by Virgil who states, “...I think it wise…

When Dante together with Virgil arrives to next circle – Gluttony, his views change only slightly when they meet Gluttons there. Ciacco, also known as “the pig” recognizes Dante the Pilgrim. But Dante could not remember him, and to make things better and not to offend the feelings of his fellow Florentine, he tells him that perhaps his appearance has changed due to his “suffering”. When Dante hears his name, he then recognizes Ciacco as a man who was cheerfully unconcerned about future. Dante…

into a leopard, a lion and a she-wolf. Dante, scared out of his mind, leaves and runs into a Virgil, a poet and a ghost. He came to help Dante back toward his path which was to the mountain top. Virgil tells Dante that the path they're gonna take will lead them through hell and then eventually heaven. He then tells Dante that it was Beatrice and two other holy people that told Virgil to come find Dante. Virgil guides Dante to the gates of hell. There was an inscription on there that said…