A five page paper looking at this particular canto of Dante s classic work in terms of its political overtones. The paper explains the political situation in Dante s home city of Florence during Dante s lifetime and how this is reflected in this particular canto.
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Inferno' is part one of a three-part story, which was written by Dante Alighieri. Although both stories are tragedies and contain great suffering, Dante is without a doubt the stronger of the two characters. The men share a commonality of fate stepping in and deciding their actions for them. Dante's fate, however was a much better one than Lear's was. Lear thought himself great.