Question

according to micheal meisters introduction to the inferno, why does dantes story still have a powerful effect on its readers hundreds of years after its creation?
A. because dantes written language is still easily understandable today
B. because many modern day people still have near death experiences
C. because people still wonder about the afterlife, even today
D. because the characters in the story are so well known in modern times.

Answer 1

@angel

Answer 2

@dude 👀

Answer 3

so is anyone gonna answer the question or not

Answer 4

ill try bro,and we cant just give u the answer we can guide ya to it tho

Answer 5

mk

Answer 6

Ah bro can u post the introduction to the inferno?

Answer 7

yea, let me find it

Answer 8

In the late 1200s, what is now northern Italy - the region of Tuscany - was deep in political conflict. Control of the region was sought by what remained of two groups - the Ghibellines (a faction supporting the Holy Roman Empire) and the Guelphs (a faction supporting the Catholic Church, or the Papacy). Even though the Holy Roman Emperor is Catholic and was appointed by the Pope, a conflict grew between the two when the Church and Emperor fought over church administration. Among the families supporting the Guelphs was one of lesser prestige and status – the family of Dante Alighieri. The man who would become Italy’s premier poet was born in the year 1265 to his father, Alighiero di Bellincione, and his mother, Bella degli Abati. When Dante was nine years old, he met his muse and inspiration - Beatrice Portinari. Even though he only formally met her twice in his lifetime, Dante carried his love for her throughout his life. The second time he met Beatrice (when he was not even twenty years old), Dante was so joyful at being able to even greet her in the street that he wrote La Vita Nuova, a collection of sonnets and other songs about Beatrice and his love for her. When Beatrice was twenty-four years old, she passed away. Even after her death and after he married another woman, Dante continued to be fixated and obsessed with her. The Beatrice that Dante wrote of became the Beatrice of his imagination, not the one who had once existed in reality.

Besides writing about courtly love and politics, Dante took part of the struggle for power between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines. Aside from fighting with the Guelphs, Dante also held political office. Even after the Ghibellines' and the Holy Roman Empire’s influence faded from northern Italy, a division grew in the Guelphs. The issue that the Guelphs fought about was how much power the Papacy would have in Florence. The Black Guelphs supported the Vatican’s presence, but the White Guelphs (the party that Dante belonged to) desired distance between Florence and the Pope.

In 1301, Dante and other delegates went to Rome with the purpose of finding out what Pope Boniface VIII intended to do with Florence. However, upon arrival, Dante was the only delegate who was allowed to stay by the Pope’s request - the others returned to Florence. Meanwhile in Florence, the Black Guelphs seized control and installed a new government. Because Dante did not return to Florence, the White Guelphs thought he was an “absconder” (one who hides). As a result, Dante chose to go into permanent exile from Florence.


It is known that Dante wrote the Divine Comedy during his exile, but it is unknown when he conceived of the idea. The Divine Comedy is an allegorical epic poem, in which Dante himself must travel through three stages of the afterlife – Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Heaven). As he travels through the afterlife he designed, Dante is guided by his depiction of his poetic idol Virgil, and he also meets people who he knew in his life and people he heard of throughout mythology and history. The Divine Comedy is a "comedy" because it has a happy ending, as the Christian soul journeys to find God. In the first part of his epic poem and the part that I will be focusing on, Inferno, Dante condemned those he knew and believed deserved a place in the literary Hell he created.

Sometimes the people there truly deserved to sit in Hell, and you will see that Dante expresses contempt for them when he meets them. Other sinners are the objects of Dante's pity, sometimes earning Virgil's rebukes (Virgil is Dante's guide through the first two parts of the Comedy). In my versions of these stories, I will retell the darker nature of real events that happened during the time that Dante lived.

Answer 9

nope, noone, fine