Dante s Paradise Lost, And Homer s Iliad - 2502 Words

Along with Milton’s â€Å"Paradise Lost† and Homer’s â€Å"Iliad† the â€Å"Commedia† of Dante Alighieri represents the very pinnacle of poetic accomplishment. The essay will look at the Vita Nouva as the praise of the miracle; for such was the marvelously beneficent lady, as long as she lived, as Dante often affirms. And in this miracle one can recognized a material attestation of Eternal Truths. And the divine comedy is the glorification of truth itself as revealed to Dante and subsequently to Dante’s readers now days. The Vita Nuova may be called the entrance of that solemn sanctuary, the Divine Comedy. This essay will look at Beatrice named, the bringer of beatitude, and her smile. Also Beatrice will be interpreted as the medium of beatitude itself to Dante the poet. The great poet [Dante] may be held in due honour and that he may be for the pupils the teacher of Christian doctrine, he whose one purpose in his poem was ‘to raise mortals from the state of misery’ that is from the state of sin, ‘and lead them to the state of happiness,’ that is the divine Grace. Echoing the words of Pope Benedict XV one can see that the principal aim of the â€Å"sacred poem† of Dante is doubtless to point out to the â€Å"people disposed to evil and deceived† the way to salvation, using as an example that which, under the vail of poetic imagery, that Dante gives one to understand happened in his own soul. This is the inquiry intended in this analysis of the Vita Nouva where Dante is the receiver of an epiphanyShow MoreRelatedThe View Of The Afterlife Essay1762 Words   |  8 PagesRenaissance, are influenced by this view. In particular works like the Odyssey by Homer or The Phaedo by Plato, explained to a certain level the structure of the afterlife in ancient Greece. These two pieces of literature severely influenced works like the book VI of the Aeneid by Virgil where he depicts the underworld referencing to the Greek point of view. But a deeper description of the underworld is given by Dante in his Divine Comedy where he uses Virgil as hi s guide, from the depths of hellRead MoreClassic vs Best Seller1539 Words   |  7 Pageslet us put up a humble mention of the works by Homer, Dante, Kalidasa, Tolstoy, Victor Hugo and the like. Traditionally, Homer is believed to be the composer of the great epics about the Trojan War, ‘The Iliad’ and ‘The Odyssey’ which laid the foundation stone for the magnificent voyage of the Greek and European literature. Chaucer’s ‘Canterbury Tales’, the epic poem, Dante’s ‘The Divine Comedy,’ Milton’s epic masterpiece, ‘Paradise Lost’ and ‘Paradise Regained’ profoundly influenced the western art