Show how religion and history influence Dante's conception of Inferno?
In Dante’s The Inferno, allegories, especially drawn from religion and history, function behind the framework of the book. Although Dante uses references from the history to offer specific examples of sins, sinners, and punishments, surprisingly religious allusions do not function in this way. Instead, the author uses them to set up an overarching theological framework of Fall, Redemption, or Damnation into which his individual historical references fit.
In the explanation following, it will first be demonstrated that Dante's use of religious allusions sets up a theological framework consisting of the themes of Fall, Redemption, or Damnation (as a result of the rejection of Redemption). Next, examples will be offered as to how Dante's historical allusions have meaning because they build on the groundwork of the themes established by his religious allusions.
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