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[Name of Student] [Name of Professor] [Course] [Date] dante's inferno Introduction Inferno is one of the most celebrated pieces of literature written by Dante Aligieri.... Circle 2: Lust In the second circle of dante's inferno reside the sinners whose appetite for sexual pleasure led to their doom.... The poem, inferno is a journey of Dante where he both realizes and rejects the sins that he himself has committed and also the readers may be committing without their own realization....
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The journey also evokes the political tensions of contemporary Florence and the complexity of the whole Guelf-Ghibelline conflict and Florentine politics that reached its crest in 1300 (ironically the fictional date was chosen by Dante for his inferno).... Hatred for the papacy and the belief that Rome is predestined to be the seat of Empire disillusions the poet about factionalism (symbolically Florence is shown to be divided by the Arno river of the Hell in inferno) and party politics and makes him search out a way for Salvation through his poem....
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In order to answer this question, another must be asked: what is the role of the gods in the first four books First, they are to be respected and feared.... In his speech to the council Telemachus affirms his belief in the power of the gods when he entreats the suitors to leave his home, by saying, "Fear, too, the wrath of heaven, lest the gods should be displeased and turn upon you....
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??The Divine Comedy' by Dante and ‘odyssey' by Homer are two such pieces that can be compared.... The latter, is the story fo the journey of odyssey or Ulysses, after the Trojan War, to Ithaca which is his home.... The Divine Comedy is an Italian epic poem, while the odyssey is a Greek one.... The odyssey, on the other hand, starts of after the Trojan War and describes the ten years of Ulysses' journey back to Ithaca....
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In the Underworld, Aeneas and Odysseus learn that many souls cannot enter the afterlife without receiving their proper burial.... The Underworld expresses the paradox of being about the dead and the living at the same time, because The odyssey and The Aeneid similarly explore the customs and beliefs of the Greeks and the Romans, as their heroes journey to the Underworld.... Both Greek and Roman cultures assert the importance of burying the dead, so that they can have a restful afterlife....
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Homer's The odyssey is a story about the greatness of one man, and many great women at his side.... One of them is his wife, Penelope.... Penelope is a perfect woman in her times… She is described, not only as a beautiful lady, but also a loyal wife and mother and a loving queen....
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In this book, the plot revolved around odyssey's captivity, his son Telemachus' temporary ascent into power and the temptation of odyssey's wife Penelope by suitors.... She pleads with Zeus to design a rescue plan for Odysseus from Calypso The odyssey of Homer: Book Summary Athena Inspires the Prince In this book, the plot revolved around odyssey's captivity, his son Telemachus' temporary ascent into power and the temptation of odyssey's wife Penelope by suitors....
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This research addresses the overview and relationship between the Odyssey and the dante's inferno.... The odyssey utilizes a sea setting where odyssey, a famous and popular actor has to… The third part of the story proceeds in a town before moving to the countryside.... Despite being separated by a number of years, there are remarkable similarities in the odyssey and the Song of Rolland.... Documentation odyssey utilized Greek similar to the Song of Rolland originally drafted in Greek and Italia....
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