1. Dante Alighieri By Robert Sobel

2. Have You Ever Wondered What Hell Looks Like?
Dante did – and he shared his vision with all of us…

3. Ordinary World
“Born in 1265 to a family with a history of involvement in the complex Florentine political scene*...”
“When Dante was around 12 years old, it was arranged that he would marry Gemma Donati…”
“The pair married, but Dante was in love with another woman—Beatrice Portinari*…”
(Biography.com)
Political scene would later play a role in the Inferno
Beatrice made up the backbone of D.’s Divine Comedy

4. Call To Adventure
“In 1302, [Dante] fell out of favor and was exiled for life by the leaders of the Black Guelphs*…”
“ the political faction in power at the time and who were in league with Pope Boniface VIII.”
“This would be the beginning of his most productive artistic period.”
(Biography.com)
Black Guelphs (among them, Corso Donati, a distant relative of Dante’s wife

5. So…While Dante Was Exiled

6. He Wrote The Divine Comedy*
And Dante made himself the main character of the book

7. Three Books / Three Acts
Inferno (Hell) (Act I)
Purgatorio (Purgatory) (Act II)
Paradiso (Heaven) (Act III)

8. If your hero asked you to walk through hell with him*, would you?

9. Meeting With The Mentor

10. Virgil

11. Who Was Virgil? “Roman poet, best known for the Aeneid”
“Was regarded by the Romans as their greatest poet”
“Serves as Dante’s guide through Hell and Purgatory up to the very gates of Paradise*.”
(Britannica.com)
“The culmination of this view is Virgil’s place of honour in Dante’s Divine Comedy as the

12. Call To Adventure II: Inferno
Dante wakes up and finds himself lost in the woods
Virgil emerges and explains his role as Dante’s guide
A guide sent to lead Dante towards salvation*
By Beatrice*
(gradesaver.com)
- By Beatrice

13. Do you think Dante agreed to walk through hell with Virgil?

15. Refusal of the Call
Dante did not want to walk through the gates of hell with Virgil

16. But does Dante ultimately agree to walk through the gates of hell with Virgil?

18. Crossing the Threshold
Virgil convinces Dante to walk through the gates, and descend into hell

19. Tests
The physical/psychological journey (and challenges) of moving through hell, purgatory, and heaven
The various sinners and beasts D and V meet along the way

20. Allies: Beatrice and Virgil

21. Enemies: Satan

22. And can you guess who Dante’s greatest enemy was?

23. Enemies: Dante Himself!*
One might argue Dante is his own worst enemy in the Divine Comedy
And the ultimate confrontation is Dante’s confrontation w himself – Virgil can only take him so far.

24. Approach to the Inmost Cave
“[The various times Dante] passes out because he is so overwhelmed by the screams and torments of Hell.”
(masonbranham.pbworks.com)

25. Ordeal
Crawling up Satan’s body in order to make his way (with Virgil) to Purgatorio*

26. Reward
Dante survives his ordeal with Satan and gets one step closer to personal salvation

27. The Road Back
There’s not really a “road back,” but more like a “road ahead”

28. The Road Ahead
Dante crosses over from hell into purgatory (Act II)

30. Elixer “Now Dante has mastered his sin…”
“He can go on to repent and [continue his journey towards personal salvation].”
(masonbranham.pbworks.com/)

31. Rebellious or Not?

32. Rebellious!
“The pope, as well as countless other figures… finds a place in the hell that Dante creates in Inferno…”
(Biography.com)

33. Dante’s Take On Human Nature
“[The Divine Comedy was] written as a warning to a corrupt society to steer itself to the path of righteousness: "to remove those living in this life from the state of misery, and lead them to the state of felicity.”

34. Dante’s take on human nature…

36. Works Cited
Biography.com Editors. "Dante Biography." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 26 Sept
"Dante." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 26 Sept
Alighieri, Dante. "Divine Comedy-I: Inferno Summary." GradeSaver. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Sept
"The Inferno of Dante - Hero Journey." Masonbranham [licensed for Non-commercial Use Only] /. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Sept

37. Renaissance Crash Course

38. Renaissance: Was it as Thing?

39. DANTE DIVINE COMEDY VIDEO BREAKDOWN
INFERNO
PURGATORIO
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