FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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The first canto constitutes the epilogue (final part) of the whole Comedy.
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The first canto constitutes the summary (or synthesis) of the whole Comedy.
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The first canto constitutes the proem (introductory part) of the whole Comedy.
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The first canto constitutes the climax (culminating moment) of the whole Comedy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Inferno 1 is the first canto in Dante’s Divine Comedy and perhaps the most famous of the epic poem. Dante, author and protagonist of the poem, is in the middle of the journey of his life, in a dark forest. It is horrible, tangled, and wild, and only the memory of it makes Dante scared.
Detailed explanation-2: -Summary and Analysis Canto I. In the middle of the journey of his life, Dante finds himself lost in a dark wood, and he cannot find the straight path. He cannot remember how he wandered away from his true path that he should be following, but he is in a fearful place, impenetrable and wild.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dante’s Inferno is set both in medieval Italy and in an imaginary, intricate version of Hell designed to warn against sin and encourage readers to have faith in God.
Detailed explanation-4: -Canto 1 of Dante’s Inferno serves as the introduction both to the Inferno and to the entire Divine Comedy. We meet Dante as he is lost in a dark wood. He sees a light at the top of a hill and tries to run toward it, but he is confronted by three beasts.