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The Inferno & The Odyssey – Comparing Characters: This 10-page comparative essay examines Inferno and The Odyssey by Dante Alighieri and Homer respectively with respect to their major characters. Life experience, character traits, etc. are all explored while illuminating the vast number of similarities/ contrasts that abound between these two bodies of work. Bibliography lists 5 sources. SNHomdan.doc
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SNHomdan.doc The Inferno & The Odyssey - Comparing Characters Written by Susan A. Nelson - June, 2001 For More Information On This
Paper Please The Inferno is the first part of Dante Alighieris poem, The Divine Comedy that chronicles Dantes arduous journey
to God/ salvation. The trilogy is made up of the Inferno (Hell), Purgatory and Paradise - all immediately reminiscent of Homers protagonist, Odysseus sojourn in The Odyssey and his
subsequent convoluted adventures. The Inferno begins when a middle-aged Dante becomes lost in the metaphorical dark woods of Sin, then sees his sanctuary in the form of a sunlit hill,
yet is unable to climb it. Because three wild beasts (again representative of Sin) frighten him Dante is initially stymied in his quest. Fortunately, he meets Virgil and
his winding, laborious crusade begins (Alighieri, Homer and The Norton Anthology of Poetry, 2001). Interestingly enough, Homer doesnt begin his story at
the beginning and follow through by proceeding linearly to the end. Instead, he opens in the middle of things. However, since in his day Homer was merely elaborating on
a commonplace story already familiar to his listeners, he could (and did) omit much of the unnecessary backstory (with respect to the Trojan Horse, etc.) in The Iliad and The
Odyssey. In addition, and perhaps not surprisingly, just as both poems share unmistakable parallels and analogous story lines - their main characters also have striking similarities. This
essay will examine characters from each body of work, while illuminating the uncovered comparisons and contrasts (The Norton Anthology of Poetry, 2001, Homer and See Also Alighieri and See
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