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☆☆☆☆☆Inferno (Hell)
That God is unfair in punishment that he brings among sinners.
The events of the Inferno take place before Dante was exiled from Florence.
Dante wrote the Inferno after his exile from Florence.
the setting is important because the organization of Hell into nine circles reflects Dante's belief in an orderly universe.
They represent the different levels of sin.
Dante journeys from the outer circle to the inner circles of Hell.
Dante believed demons are evil and ignorant, as shown by the scene in which they are tricked by a sinner.
dores illustration create a nightmarish mood while blake’s illustrations portray a dreamy mood
“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)
