... the inferno carries a range of diverse characters each with a function specific to the canto. Dante selects these characters from a variety of backgrounds ranging from Classical literature, mythology, historical figures and people from his own lifetime. Particular attention should be paid to his encounters with other characters as like God expressed himself through humans in the bible Dante the poet is ... example; Surely Dante could not have admired them so greatly to have placed them in hell however Dante (poet and protagonist) treats the classical poets as privileged and authorial cha...

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... individuals are frozen up to their necks in ice, the cold symbolizing a lack of human love and warmth, which they denied others in life. But one question continuously plaguing scholars is why Dante the poet considers familial relationships important enough to merit such heinous punishment. In the outermost layer of Cocytus, the frozen lake at the bottom of hell kept cold by ... on familial relationships; clans held all the power, marriages were done for political reasons, and blood feuds often lasted for generations. With families constantly jockeying for political power, infighting and...

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