Comparing Dante's Divine Comedy and Virgil's Aeneid
On first reading, the impression of similarity between Dante's Divine comedy and Virgil's Aeneid is focused on the structure: they are both done in a series of three, both are considered epic tales and they share a similarity in theme and plot. Virgil, is represented as one who had walked a similar path and seen it to the end. Like Dante, Virgil was a poet. Like Dante he had tried to put his environment, philosophies and religious beliefs into prose. Dante acknowledges that Virgil has died, but places him in a position of teacher and guide in a manner that leads the inquisitive individual to seek the patterns of Virgil in the writings of Dante. This 5 page paper examines the similarities between the two epic poems. No additional sources are listed.
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