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What Is The Turning Point Of Dante's Inferno

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Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy begins with Dante’s journey into Hell. Dante has strayed from the true path and must therefore take this journey into the supernatural realms in order to correct himself. In the Inferno, Dante dramatically changes his perception of sin from a response of empathy to a response of disgust and hatred. The turning point of his perception is when he encounters the sinner Filippo Argenti in the Fifth Circle of Hell. It is this point of the journey when Dante truly begins to adjust his response to sin, illustrating an inward change in Dante’s own soul. Previously, Dante pitied the sinners in Hell, this is particularly demonstrated in his interactions with Francesca and Paolo, two sinners punished in the Second
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