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Dante's 'The Inferno'

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English 102.02
26 February 2016
Canto 1
Dante, author and protagonist of the poem “The Inferno” had to make a difficult life choice which would lead him to gateway to heaven or hell. Dante needs to follow the True Way in order to get to the Divine Illumination; God’s light, also known as heaven. The Divine Illumination symbolizes heaven because this is the place everyone wants to go to find happiness. To get to the Divine Illumination, he must pass through The Dark Wood of Error, a mysterious forest for sinners that decide to get off the True Way; also filled with wickedness and evil. Dante might feel he is on his own, but there is a ghost known as Virgil to guide him and keep him on the True Way.
Dante found himself in the dark forest,
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