Inferno Analysis

In The Inferno, by Dante, the main character

operates on several levels. Dante serves as a

Christian hero because he undergoes trials and

tribulations in his search to find the souls true path

in life. Dante also portrays himself as everyman. He

does this by showing that he also suffers from sin.

In The Inferno, hell is in a spiral shape, and is

divided up by the seriousness of the sin committed.

The sinners are stuck in their location in hell where

there punishment fit the crime that they committed.

At the top of hell is where what Dante considered the

least sinful people belonged. This is the home of the

people who suffered from lust, and gluttony. The sins

got worse going down until the very bottom was reached.

In the very bottom of hell were the traitors, and

people who cheated other people. According to Dante,

these were the very worst people in hell. It seems

that every sinner in hell tries to misrepresent the

truth to rationalize away their sin.

In The Inferno, Dante comes across several people

that are known public figures, and/or people that Dante

knew on earth. Among these is Brunetto Latini who

Dante admires and is shocked to find him there.

Another person that Dante comes across in The Inferno

is Francesca da Rimini, who Dante realizes he would

have had the same fate. Dante also runs into Ulysses

of which who led people to death, and has a flaming

tongue. Vanni Fucci is another person that Dante runs