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... Having created the literary Hell, Virgil makes a logical choice as a guide for Dante’s journey into The Inferno. ... He says that at the end of the journey through Hell, “a worthier spirit shall be sent to guide you. ... My Guide! My Lord! My Master! ... For you are my true master and first author, the sole maker from whom I drew that breath of that sweet style whose measures have brought me honor. ...
In addition to being a guide and mentor, Virgil is also a fatherly figure to Dante. ... For example in Canto XXX Dante states “Less shame, my Guide said, ever just and kind, “would wash away a greater fault than yours. ... It seems hard to imagine that one who fulfilled so many roles: guide, mediator, figure of knowledge and safety, mentor, and father figure, is deemed unworthy.
Approximate Word count = 923 Approximate Pages = 3.7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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