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Dante's Inferno Paradiso Essay

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Dante has been through the Inferno, the Purgatorio, and most of Paradiso when he meets his great, great grandfather, Cacciaguida, and has a conversation about Dante’s future. In this discussion, Cacciaguida reveals to Dante that he will be exiled by his hometown Florence and sent to live on the streets, He will have nowhere to call home, he will have to “Taste the salt in others’ bread”, but worst of all he will have to deal with the “senseless company” of the streets. When Dante hears the full prophesy, he has to contemplate it and eventually comes up with an answer. He begins with thanking his father for letting him know ahead of time so that he can prepare and that he does not lose faith in poetry even if he loses his family and all his …show more content…

Dante remembers how he went down through the Inferno, up through the Purgatorio, and into the Paradiso, all because of Beatrice. “Down through the world of endless bitterness and on the mountain from whose lovely crown I was raised upward by my lady’s eyes,” When he went through the Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, he learned things that would make many bitter towards the deceased. “then through the heavens rising from light to light—I learned things that, were to be retold, would leave a bitter taste in many mouths;”. Then he sees a flashing light coming closer to him, a light as bright as a mirror of gold reflecting the sun. “The light that was resplendent in the treasure I had found there began to flash light, just like a golden mirror in the sun”. When this happens, Cacciaguida responds to Dante that those that have done the things that he would retail will blush with shame and feel as those suffering but on account of Dante’s words. “and then replied: ‘The coincidence that is dark with shame for his own deeds or for another’s may

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