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Narrate the story of Canto I by Dante.



Introduction:
Dante is one of the greatest poets in the Italian language. Dante Alighieri was born in the city-state Florence in 1265. He first saw the woman, then he fell in love of Beatrice. Beatrice was a beautiful girl. In fact, Beatrice married another man and died when Dante was 25. He married to the daughter of the famous Donati family with the amount of her dowry. Dante Studies at the University of Bologna, one of the most famous universities in the medieval world. Dante's Inferno is the first of three parts of epic poem. The Devine Comedy which is an imaginary journey through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. Dante speaks in the first person and interprets his experience.
The Structure of the Poem:
Dante designed the structure of his poem using a series of mystical numbers:
Three: The number of the Holy Trinity: God the father, the Son and the Holy Ghost; The number of parts of the Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise; The number of lines in each verse of each canto; The number of divisions of Hell; The number of days required for Dante's journey through Hell.
Nine: A multiple of three; the number of circles in Hell.
Ten: The perfect number is the nine circles of Hell plus the vestibule.
Thirty-Three: A multiple of three; the number of cantos in each part.
Ninety-Nine: The total number of cantos plus Canto I, The introduction.
One-Hundred: A multiple of ten; considered by Dante to be the perfect number.
Style:
Dante utilized Terza Rima in this poem with three lines stanzas. Within each stanza, the first and third lines rhyme, the middle line having a different end sound.
Themes:
Dante's Inferno is a classic tale that involves Christian morality and mythological and classical literature. In this tale we watch Virgil to guide Dante to pass through the circles of Hell in order to reach Heaven where Dante's beloved Beatrice awaits. Dante created this tale in order to give the world a visual image of afterlife.
Description of Canto I:
The middle of the journey, Dante is Author, protagonist and hero, who loses his way in the “dark woods”. He says that he does not remember how he lost his way, but he has wondered into a fearful place, a dark and tangled valley. He sees a great hill that the sun shines down from this Hilltop. Dante attempts to climb toward light. Then three angry beasts a leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf blocked the path and force him to turn back. Dante returns to the dark wood. Fortunately Dante sees a human form in the woods which is spirit of the great Roman epic poet Virgil. Virgil said that he has been sent by Beatrice who was beloved of Dante. Dante thrilled to meet the poet and tells Virgil about the three beasts. Virgil replies that the she-wolf kills all who approach her, a magnificent haunt will come to chase the she-wolf back to Hell and he also says they must decent Hell, Then he must go through PURGATORY. And finally he can ascend to PARADISE where Beatrice awaits. Dante followed Virgil as a guider. There are nine circles in the Hell. Limo is the first circle. It houses pagans, including Virgil and many of the other great writers and poet of antiquity. The 2nd through 5th circle are for the lustful, gluttonous, prodigal and warthful. The 6th circle is devoted to the punishment of heretics. The 7th circle is devoted to the punishment of violence. The 8th is devoted to the punishment of guilty of fraud and the 9th is for betrayed others. In the last section, there are a frozen lack. So, they must first pass through the place of Hell, then a place of Purgatory; only then they can reach God's city, Heaven.
Conclusion:
Dante's Divine Comedy is a moral comedy that is designed to make the readers think about their own morals. Dante's relationship with God is evident in his writing which described the experience of a deeply committed Christian. During the time he wrote in the middle Ages, this religious commitment was widely accepted and encouraged. It is the spiritual truth. Inferno takes the form of an allegory.

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