Edmund Dante's Inferno Quotes

This telling of a tragic story is able to influence the readers to romanticize the story of Ethan, Mattie, and Zeena, while the novel itself stays true to its naturalist roots. This is important in the development of the plot and the audiences connect to the characters as the readers begin to root on the forbidden love that Ethan and Mattie have, and then in turn, by the end of the novel have pity for all characters. Towards the end of the novel, the narrator has a conversation with Mrs. Hale about what he saw, which gives the readers yet another perspective of the story. “Mrs. Hale answered simply: ‘There was nowhere else for her to go;’ and my heart simply tightened at the thought of the hard compulsions of the poor” (pg. 179). This interaction between the narrator and Mrs. Hale further allows for irony to emerge as their descriptions of the emotions they felt towards the accident influence how the reader feels.

Firstly, the benefit of getting revenge is a big part of Dantes' journey. Throughout the film, he tries to get “revenge” on the people who betrayed him and put him in prison for years (Wolpert). Dantes wants revenge and justice for the wrongdoing which happened to him in the past. This leads him to take on the title of the “Count of Monte Cristo” (Wolpert). Meanwhile, Dantes's journey is also driven by the reward of love.

This quote allows readers to understand the separation of Dantes from the punishment of the wicked by using the denotation of providence. The denotation of providence shows that it is not Dantes who punishes the wicked, but rather God through various outlets. Therefore the claim that God rewards the good is supported by Dumas in his inclusion of a comparison of Dantes to a biblical judgment and the statement of God’s hand in the punishment of the wicked through

In fact, Dante wishes to embrace the souls he come sacross here, yet Virgil's influence on Dante's thoughts is increasingly prevalent; Dante only wishes to embrace these souls because he believes that Virgil would have condoned it. Therefore, Dante's actions continue to be influenced by Virgil's responses to them; Dante disparages Pope Nicholas for his simony, and while he worries that he was overly harsh, Virgil's approval urges on Dante's cruel behavior. Dante delights in the torture of the Simonites and where Dante, at the opening of the epic, would faint out of pity for those condemned to more trivial punishments he, now witnessing souls being hacked apart, gives them little regard other than for his own curious

Earlier in the book, Dante was rewarded by Virgil when he acted childishly towards a sinner. When Dante and Virgil are taking a trip on Phlegyas’ boat, Dante sees a sinner that he recognizes. Dante tells the soul “may you weep and wail/… in this place forever…/ filthy as you are” (139). Dante is being quite childish and

(84) Dante’s statements clarify that he has mixed feelings based on punishments in Inferno, and grows throughout the book. Dante, forgiving to a point and yet unsympathetic at times, would be in the middle of deciding if the punishment is

Being the pilgrim, Dante still has not come to grips with reasoning of placing this poor soul in the seventh circle of hell, however questioning whether the punishment is just or not, in itself would be a mortal sin. Dante sympathizes with della Vinge, most likely because they have so much in common, and becomes divided in understanding that della Vigna committed a mortal sin against God and himself. However, Dante in his journey through Hell, recognizes the interview with della Vigna a learning opportunity and asks his virtuous teacher ask the questions, “Do you continue; as of him/ whatever you believe I should request;/I cannot, so much pity takes my heart.” This interview in some ways showcases Dante’s journey from pilgrim to poet. While Dante may not understand the logic behind the characters placed in the different levels of Hell and may still sympathize with the immensely, at this point readers are provided with an opportunity to see that Dante the pilgrim still understands that the characters still committed a sin unto God and must be punished all the

For Dante, the punishment was fitting for both sinners because the sullen spent their lives moping and pitying themselves, when they had a promising life while the wrathful were reenacting their rage that they expressed throughout their time. There is a balance between the sin committed in Earth and the punishment received in hell. At the beginning of the poem and through the circles, Dante was a little sympathetic but after traveling to the fifth circle and encountered Philippo Argenti his feelings change. Argenti a former member of the Black Guelf was rival of Dante who was a member of the White Guelfs. When Dante was force to exile Florence, Argenti’s brother took all his property.

The protagonist meets Pope Nicholas IV, depicted as a sinful figure who caused discord in the Church. The power struggle between Nicholas IV and the Holy Roman Emperor caused conflict in the Church. The author critiques the Church's focus on secular power over spiritual authority through Nicholas IV's portrayal. Dante stresses the importance of spiritual purity, integrity, and humility in religious leadership through his portrayal of religious figures. The author critiques the Church's practices of simony, avarice, and political involvement, warning against using religion for personal

This impacted Machiavelli and his standing in Florentine society because of his connection to the Medici family and because he was not a religious leader in the city. The religious and political turmoil Dante lived amongst also shaped his views on violence. The Guelf-Ghibelline conflict resulted in Dante’s exile, and his Inferno shows how that conflict and his exile shaped his views of violence. Since a conflict that affects an entire city-state is often violent, placing violent people deep into hell shows how Dante felt about violence and the negative affect it had on

The year is 1302, Dante Alighieri is absent from his role as one of the six supreme magistrates. Prior to that he had an extremely successful political career who had no problem exerting his power. Dante considered himself “a moderate White, he found it necessary during the two-month term to join in banishing his brother-in-law, Corso Donati, and his "first friend," Guido Cavalcanti, as ringleaders respectively of the Blacks and Whites.” Blacks and Whites were faction groups who had ongoing fights in the streets of Florence. This is an extremely admirable trait of a great ruler and/or ruler, the ability to at any moment turn on friends or family in order to uphold the city or government.

Dante as a living human being in the book makes him untouchable by any physical pain or torture, but he can still feel the pain of other people he have encounter during his journey. He started his journey as a lost man and Virgil came to guide him, which helped him, yet he had doubts and fear. Then he knew that the three pleased women cared and loved him and that helped to set him on the right path. I think that the author wanted to show as at the beginning of the book how he was lost and scared because he was away from god or maybe he have sinned before. After that his personality have changed, and he became more choragus because he is on the right path to heaven and God.

Instead, he emphasizes the need for honesty and righteousness. Consider the example of Beatrice as Dante’s love interest, his love for her wasn't fueled by her physical properties nor an infatuation, it is fueled by a spiritual love that was beyond the

Dante doesn’t worship or care about people he only worships and cares about God and he does all of this because those evil people didn’t listen to

Dante’s disdain for society is apparent by his use of real life people in order to show readers the corruption the medieval world had