The Divine Comedy
A Classical Quest through Hell, Purgatory,
and Paradise
Paradis
o
Dante’s
Structure:
The Quest
For
Salvation
Inferno
Purgatori
o
DANTE ALIGHIERI
Born in Florence, May,
1265.
His family was old and
of noble origin, but no
longer wealthy.
He probably spent a
year at the University
of Bologna as part of
his education, studying
the Trivium and the
Quadrivium, typical of
Medival curriculum.
BEATRICE
As customary, Dante
had an arranged
marriage in his youth
to Gemma…
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