One work typically comes to mind when Dante Alighieri is mentioned: The Divine Comedy. Of the three parts that make up this work, it is the first part, called Inferno, which has become the most famous. Dante's Inferno is a touchstone of Italian and European literature, and it paints a portrait of the medieval Christian understanding of the afterlife that is without parallel in either. The book's wide-ranging treatment of politics, religion, and the depraved depths of human behavior is provocative and offers plenty of material for discussion to this day.
Key Aspects of Divine Comedy-I: Inferno
Tone
The tone of Inferno sometimes varies from Canto to Canto. However, with that said, there...
