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... This very mere fact displays most obviously exactly how controversial, groundbreaking, and ahead of its time La Divina Commedia and its creator Dante were. Of course it is true that Dante’s poem encompasses many political, social, and personal aspects in the poem, however, the overall object of his journey is to find the woman of his dreams. ... 31, 79-93) Beatrice is the light of Dante’s life as explained most accurately in this quote from the very end of Paradiso. ... These are the other two important female figures that are present in Dante’s poem. ...
Some of the women that exist in this poem are important to the journey of Dante from Hell to Heaven, or from Inferno to Paradiso. ... She is the one who transports Dante from the ante-purgatory to the actual gates of Purgatory. ... Here she is present in the scene along with Dante and Beatrice. ... II 100-114) Incredibly this may be one of the stronger pieces of evidence to support the claim that women were even more highly regarded in Dante’s world than any other characters. ... Dante is not very modern for his time and during the medieval period women were not treated as equally as men were. Dante, educated in the classics, is taking most obviously from a writer such as Homer. ... It seems that Dante has an inclination more toward the teachings of antiquity rather than that which was ongoing in the modern culture that he was being exposed to. ... This is an obvious correlation that is given to a woman and why such a thing is done is due to Dante’s knowledge of the classics. ... Women were considered inferior to men and in their literature never took the celestial and important forms that these women in Dante’s Commedia take. ... In Purgatory Lucy is the one who allows Dante to travel in his sleep. ... IX 52-66) this quote is included to make one realize how much Dante goes out of his way to make the reader understand that this woman is important and heavenly. ... For this reason Dante chose to punish some of these women as well. ... It is important that Dante does show that women can both be heavenly and full of goodness, and also extremely sinful. Here Dante most definitely is fair beucase he is balancing out all the characters. ... Therefore it is most evident that Dante is fair, and treats all of his characters in the same manner, perhaps with a bit more contempt for the popes, however that is a different idea. ... When Francesca is introduced of course there is talk of the wanton Cleopatra as well as other women who are victims of lust, however Dante concentrates on Francesca. ... It is important to see that Dante however makes the reader feel pity for these particular sinners. This is extremely important to realize because nowhere else does Dante have so much pity and display so much pity for the audience to soak up. ... This is important to note because Dante to sins of lust, and his weakness is in love and romance.
Approximate Word count = 2500
Approximate Pages = 10
(250 words per page double spaced)
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