Dante’s Inferno Study Questions

by Julie · December 30, 2016

1. What was the significance of the death of Beatrice Portinari in 1290 to Dante and his poetry?
2. What Christian symbolism does Dante use in the construction of the Divine Comedy?
3. What are some of the reasons the Divine Comedy was so popular in its day?  Why is it so popular now?

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