FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
DANTE
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the imaginary journey made by Virgil on April 8, 1300
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the imaginary journey made by Dante on April 8, 1400
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the imaginary journey made by Dante on April 8, 1300
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the imaginary journey made by Dante on May 8, 1300
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dante’s journey is actually a metaphor for the progress of the human soul. Dante begins by showing us the worst of the worst in Hell-the human race’s deepest depravity-and slowly works through the renunciation of sin and the divine-like qualities to which human beings can aspire.
Detailed explanation-2: -He does this because his poem’s spiritual pattern is not classical but Christian: Dante’s journey to Hell represents the spiritual act of dying to the world, and hence it coincides with the season of Christ’s own death.
Detailed explanation-3: -Allegorically, the poem represents the soul’s journey towards God, beginning with the recognition and rejection of sin (Inferno), followed by the penitent Christian life (Purgatorio), which is then followed by the soul’s ascent to God (Paradiso).
Detailed explanation-4: -The voyage begins during Easter week in the year 1300, the descent through Hell starting on Good Friday. After meeting his guide, the eminent Roman poet Virgil, in a mythical dark wood, the two poets begin their descent through a baleful world of doleful shades, horrifying tortures, and unending lamentation.