Dante’s Inferno and the dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena depict and interact with the spiritual world in different ways, but those lead to the same conclusion. Dante’s inferno is a comedy poem and St. Catherine of Siena’s Dialogue is an actual conversation of her and God speaking. In both eras of time, woman were not valued as a high acting members of society. In Dante’s Inferno, he takes extraordinary care in how he illustrates the women in his poem. Catherine of Siena shares that she due to the pressures of her society and parents, she cut all her hair and remained celibate. She also portrayed herself as genderless, in order to be heard and taken seriously, which would have been originally ignored if she was a woman. Summary of Dante’s …show more content…
In Dante’s Inferno, Dante Alighieri was traveling through the woods when he lost his way. He meets the ghost of Virgil who was enlisted to help him find his way. Their path takes them through hell in order to get their destination of Dante’s love, Beatrice. Upon entering the gates of hell, there is a domain just outside of hell. This is for the people who could not decide between good or evil so now must walk aimlessly for eternity. After passing this area of nothing, Dante and Virgil enter into the genuine edge of hell. The first circle of hell contains those who never heard the name of Jesus Christ and was therefore not saved. The second circle contained those who lived a life of lustful sin. Thirdly, the edacious. Fourth, the covetous and wasteful lie in torment. Fifth circle of hell is for the eternally angered souls. Sixth, for the pagans and heresies. Seventh circle is for those violent toward others and towards God. When reaching the eighth circle of hell, where each sinner condemned to hell receives “pouches” that will determine their suffering in hell. Eventually, Dante and Virgil reach the sea of forgetfulness, and travel out of hell and back onto earth. They come out of