The Life of Dante, the Inferno of Dante
Divine Comedy, which depicts an imaginary journey through Hell,
Purgatory, and Paradise. Dante is the hero, who loses his way in the
"dark woods" and journeys to nine regions arranged around the wall of a
huge funnel in nine concentric circles representing Hell. He is led by
the ghost of Virgil, the Roman poet, who has come to rescue Dante from
the dark forest and lead him through the realms of the afterlife. The
first circle they enter is Limbo, which consists of heathen and the
unbaptized, who led decent lives. The second through the fifth circles
are for the lustful, gluttonous, prodigal, and wrathful. The sixth
circle is where heretics are punished. The seventh circle is devoted to
the punishment of violence. The eighth is devoted to those guilty of
fraud and the ninth for those who betrayed others. In the last section,
Satan remains imprisoned in a frozen lake.
The journey is difficult and full of revelations, disappointment
and questions, but they persevere
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