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The Divine Comedy: Inferno

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Background of The Divine Comedy: Inferno
Introduction The Divine Comedy: Inferno
The Structure of The Divine Comedy: Inferno

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Canto I
Canto II
Canto III
Canto IV
Canto V
Canto VI
Canto VII
Canto VIII
Canto IX
Canto X
Canto XI
Canto XII
Canto XIII
Canto XIV
Canto XV
Canto XVI
Canto XVII
Canto XVIII
Canto XIX
Canto XX
Cantos XXI–XXII
Canto XXIII
Cantos XXIV–XXV
Cantos XXVI–XXVII
Canto XXVIII
Cantos XXIX–XXX
Canto XXXI
Cantos XXXII–XXIII
Canto XXXIV

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Maps of Hell

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Dante
Virgil

Critical Essays

The Beginning and the Ending: Francesca and Ugolino
Dante the Poet and Dante the Pilgrim

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Canto XVI

Guido Guerra a leader of the Guelphs; the last name means "war."

Gualdrada legendary modest woman, used as a model of womanhood.

Tegghiaio Aldobrandi a knight and a Guelph noble.

Jacopo Rusticucci respected Florentine knight.

Borsiere courtier arranger of marriages and a peacemaker.

San Benedetto dell'Alpe a monastery close to Florence.

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