Dante inferno gustave dore5/24/2023 ![]() The Nine Circles of Hell are where the damned must suffer for their crimes, each layer hosting a different type of sinner. After all, the first portion of this story is entirely devoted to Dante’s journey’s through the Nine Circles of Hell, which ends in the 10th layer, where he sees the Lord of Darkness himself, Satan. Hailed as one of the greatest works of literature throughout history, The Divine Comedy is known not only for its structure, its themes and motifs, and its characters but also for Alighieri’s wild and, at times, terrifying imagination. The story follows Dante as he is walks through the afterlife with the Roman poet Virgil as his guide, starting on the night before Good Friday and culminating on the Wednesday after Easter, a trip that lasts approximately a week. In the early 14th century, Italian poet Dante Alighieri began work on his “ Divina Commedia“, the Divine Comedy, which was comprised of three separate but interwoven tales: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. ![]()
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