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Dante s Inferno

The Dark Wood. Midway in our life's journey, I went astrayfrom the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood" (1-3).Dante's age- 35 (according to bible)Pretense for the poemHe was heading down the wrong path in life . The Dark Wood. CharacterizationI never saw so drear,so

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Dante s Inferno

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    1. Dante’s Inferno Cantos I & II

    2. The Dark Wood “Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood” (1-3). Dante’s age- 35 (according to bible) Pretense for the poem He was heading down the wrong path in life

    3. The Dark Wood Characterization “I never saw so drear,so rank, so arduous a wilderness!/ Its very memory gives a shape to fear/ Death could scarce be more bitter than that place! (4-6) Presents setting for what is to follow “How I came to it I cannot rightly say,/ so drugged and loose with sleep had I become/ when I first wandered there from the True Way.” (10-13)

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