think about their own morals. The poem could have been used almost as a

and what not to do to get into Heaven for the medieval people. Dante

a journey through the "afterlife" to imprint in the readers minds what

if they don't follow a Godlike life and to really make the reader think

go when they die and where they would like to go when they die. In the

Dante uses his imagination and his knowledge of the people's perception of

to create a somewhat realistic yet somewhat imaginary model of the

In the first lines of the Divine Comedy, Dante says "In the middle

our life I came to my senses in a dark forest, for I had lost the straight

lines 1-3) This is the typical stereotype of today for when a person

consumed in sin. The sinful life is a dark life and a sinless life is a

life. Dante's coming to his senses in a dark forest symbolizes his

he truly was and realizing that he needed to do som

to perform righteously. The dark forest symbolizes a human life where

comes closer to fitting the people's perception of what Hell is really

entertained millions and was used as a guide for the medieval people. You

and make it to Paradise the Kingdom of God. If you are in Purgatory you

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