

He never spoke of “falsehood and liars” and it is a symbol of human perfection.ĭante hopes that he can now find support to get out of this condition. The Middle Ages interpret Virgil as a figure of divine message. Virigilio was considered in the Middle Ages a greater pagan poet, but Christianized.

Virgilio represents human reason will accompany him to heaven, but once there not any more because upon arriving will be accompanied by Beatriz. His soul is lost in sin and he wants to return to light (Exit thr forest). Virgilio takes Dante under his protection and accompanies him to the Mount of Purgatory. The three animals are the representation of the Vices (Lust, Pride and Cupidity). When Dante sees the sunlit hill, he sees it as a glow of salvation to get out of his sinful life. The poet does not know how he got into that forest and finds himself drowsy, being the nocturnal moment, which is in the middle of the night, which also means being without knowing where to go.ĭante is Agens (he is the protagonist), and Auctor or the one that counts and demonstrates the increase of the consciousness of man. Dante must therefore go through all the evils of the world to find his salvation: this is the meaning of his journey. Dante begins to make an inventory of what he had done. “In the middle of the journey of our life” – indicates the period of about 35 years in the middle of life. Forests were the symbol of risk, because thieves and bandits hid there.

Lucifer was the brightest angel of the sky, but he did not want to submit himself to God, more resplendent than he, fell from the sky and became a demon. Hell is an inverted conical abyss open under Jerusalem, brought about by the fall of the rebellious angels of heaven (Lucifer). See the work on Boticelli’s idea, which makes links by pressing the mouse over Increase the size of the figure until you can read and see that the first three things that Boticelli has put were: Acheron, Dark Forest and the Gates of Hell. There is no correct translation to English. “ Oltretomba” in Italian means the world of the dead according to various mythological or religious conceptions. Structure of the Afterlife in the vision of Dante Alighieri. symbolic parameter: Location and physical format Virgilio is called Doctor because he knows the information and because Master is superior to Dante, who is Agens, protagonistĢnd. What is written in Latin is to indicate relevance or importance of the passage in the narrative. The style is what the Italians call comic, because of the use of vulgar language.

symbolic parameter: rhetorical language configuration, narrative and style To understand the movement and what happens, we have to define some symbolic parameters, which are typical of the style used by Dante.ġrst. I am intensively using Italian websites to help students interested in the subject.
