... Comedy, Dante journeys through the Inferno with his guide Virgil. The great poet uses various characters, which he draws from ancient mythology and Greek stories, throughout his encounters to represent abstract ideas or concepts. In doing so, he also incorporates each of the characters qualities into their duties in Hell. Minos, Cerberus, and the Centaurs are examples of these characters. In Canto V, as Dante and ... " (516). Yet Dante transforms it into something more horrendous, complete with humanistic characteristics which create a "demonic hybrid with the modified role of guarding o...

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