Dante's Inferno

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   gbeatty Teacher
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   Dante integrated the various sides of a number of conflicts or positions into his great poem. Politically, the main split was between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines. He included them by literally including them in hell. In the sixth circle of Hell, Dante includes representatives of both the Guelphs and the Ghibellines. However, he includes representatives of both sides of other conflicts as well. For example, in that same circle devoted to heretics, he included both Catholics and Muslims.

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