![]() ![]() ![]() Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations ![]() A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context A chronology of the author's life and work A concise introduction that gives readers important background information Dante first encounters the seven deadly sins on his journey-lust, gluttony, avarice, wrath and sloth-and then goes on to encounter even greater wickedness on his downward descent, before finally confronting the "evil worm" Lucifer, who flaps his wings while gnawing a hole into God's creation. In the Inferno, Virgil guides Dante the pilgrim-poet through the depths of Hell, which is organized by the categories and subcategories of the sinners who dwell there. The first volume of The Divine Comedy-Dante begins his downward journey through the seven circles of Hell.Ĭonsidered to be one of the greatest literary works of all time, Dante's immortal drama of a journey through Hell is the first volume of his Divine Comedy. ![]()
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