Dec 26, 2009

Divine Comedy | Themes

The Divine Comedy recounts the travels of Dante Alighieri's Pilgrim, his alter ego and the reader's Everyman (a figure with whom every reader can relate), through three regions: Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. His goal is to reach spiritual maturity and an understanding of God's love. Having achieved his goal, the Pilgrim has the ultimate vision, a face-to-face encounter with God.

Education and Salvation
Learning how to attain salvation is the main theme of Dante's epic and subsumes all its other...