the readers think about their own morals. The poem could have been used almost as a

guide for what and what not to do to get into Heaven for the medieval people. Dante

takes the reader on a journey through the "afterlife" to imprint in the readers minds what

could happen to them if they don't follow a Godlike life and to really make the reader

think about where they will go when they die and where they would like to go when they

die. In the Divine Comedy, Dante uses his imagination and his knowledge of the people's

perception of the "afterlife" to create a somewhat realistic yet somewhat imaginary model

In the first lines of the Divine Comedy, Dante says "In the middle

of the journey of our life I came to my senses in a dark forest, for I had lost the straight

path."(Dante 1416 lines 1-3) This is the typical stereotype of today for when a person

becomes "lost" or consumed in sin. The sinful life is a dark life and a sinless life is a

bright, white, and pure life. Dante's coming to his senses in a dark forest symbolizes his

realizing how "lost" in sin he truly was and realizing that he needed to do something abo

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