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"lA DIVINA COMMEDIA" is a poem in "terza rima" of eleven sillables divided into three "Cantiche": Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise. Each ones has thirty-three Cantos except the first that has Thirty-four, one is a prologue.The poem is about the drama of a soul and its subject as Dante himself explains to Cangrande della Scala is the conditions of spirits after death. The allegory is about the human beeing that based on his/her free will merits or will not merit the reward or penalty. But it is much more than this... It is the allegory of a medieval life. Dante started "Divina Commedia" in 1306 and it was concluded at the end of Dante's life.(1265-1321). The "Commedia" defines another idea of literature that of the "genre" which is on the line of didactic allegoric poems. The three reigns are the allegory of the structure of the world.At the moment I am focusing on "the Inferno"(Hell) which is the most popular Canto. The Inferno is dramatic , its atmosphere has multiple aspects and characteristics.Some characters like Francesca da Rimini, Farinata, Pier della Vigna, Ulisse, Il conte Ugolino are very well known. Some characters are so beautiful even in that context. The law of the "contrappasso" is employed to highlight by analogy or by means of the contrast the sin of characters.

I am going to present the Inferno in Italian because the Italian language is employed and enriched as to become more important than Latin.The illustrious "vulgar" was used by the intelligentia of the fourteenth century.The illustrious "vulgar" has in itself the splendor of art and it is "Cardinale" because it is the pivot on which municipal vulgars are made of, "Aulico" because it is worth of beeing spoken in the court and "Curiale" because curiality means the norm which is at the basis of human actions according to the reason and law typicall of the Curia(Church) or Court. The flavour is still "the language".

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