... cantos. The light represents reason, truth, righteousness, and goodness. The main points in canto two lie in the fact that Dante introduces the character of Beatrice. Dante held her in high regard and thus immortalized her in his literature. In Canto III Dante and Virgil enter the gate that leads to the Vestibule of Hell, a place described as "nowhere." Here, "souls ... a life but lived it with no blame and no praise" (ln 36) must spend their eternity. In Canto IV, Dante awakens and finds himself "upon the brink of grief's abysmal valley" (ln 8). This is the first level of hell, known a...

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