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☆☆☆☆☆Inferno (Hell)
the setting is important because the organization of Hell into nine circles reflects Dante's belief in an orderly universe.
In this classic work it tells the story of a man who journeys through Hell and Purgatory so that he can enter Heaven.
Dante travels through the afterlife and witnesses how people are punished and rewarded.
Dante thought about his own views and personal shortcomings as he wrote it, and by writing it in this style, readers could do the same as they read it.
He knew his audience would be larger if he wrote an entertaining story that wasn't too serious.
He is a well-respected poet who exhibits clear reason and logic as he guides Dante through the Inferno.
(Apex) A. Medusa
The use of slant rhyme
They represent the different levels of sin.
Because it deals with the human struggles with good and evil found within ever person, which is still a struggle today
The symbol is the string which represents determination and self control
Setting affects character behavior which drives the plot
I sometimes wonder who is worthy here.
an abrupt snap
“And, if they lived befmore the christian era,/ They did not worship God in the right way:/ And i myself [Virgil] am one of those poor souls.” (Canto IV, lines 34-39)
