Week 15 Reading Notes A Dante’s Inferno



I had a hard time understanding today’s reading. I have never read it before and I know it’s a really popular book so I decided to try it. I can follow along most of what is being said, but there were a lot of parts where Virgil is explaining stuff to Dante that I didn’t get. I think it’s really cool how they go from level to level and see all the different people that have been condemned to Hell. I wasn’t expecting to see the philosophers and poets there but it makes sense why they’re there.

Today’s reading: Dante's Divine Comedy, translated by Tony Kline (2002).

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