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Analyse the Christian themes of Dante's "inferno" in terms of its relevance to and his refection's on his contemporary society?
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Q) Analyse the Christian themes of Dante's "inferno" in terms of its relevance to and his refection's on his contemporary society? "Oh enslaved Italy! Place of sorrow, ship without captain in a storm, not respectable lady but place of corruption" (The Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, VI 76- 78)1 Dante Alighieri had seen the State of Florence in all its corruption, treachery, and fed up with the Medieval world and its trappings began the writing of his work that would encompass his life, and become a milestone in Dante's acknowledgement in literary history. His masterpiece the "Divina Commedia" (Italian for the Divine Comedy), containing the allegory of human suffering "Inferno", has been seen throughout history, as a model of the moral and religious complications of Medieval culture, but most of all the Medieval world. Dante very much was involved in the political life of his town Florence. From a contextual perspective, Florence was...
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