The Divine Comedy is Dante's greatest work, and Dante's life experiences, including love, politics, outlook on life, religion and cosmology, are all reflected in it. The original name of Divine Comedy is "The Comedy of Battleship Dante AliGneki Cherie, a Florentine, Born Not in Character" (Dante-a Florentine comedy with Florentine ancestry but no temperament). It is a comedy because the whole story tells the process from sin and misfortune to happiness and redemption, and finally reaches the realm of pleasure and understanding the truth after experiencing terror.
The structure of divine comedy
The Divine Comedy is divided into three chapters: hell, pure world (purgatory) and heaven. Each part consists of 33 chapters, plus the first preface, the whole book is *** 100 chapter. The basic plot structure seems simple: one day, Dante lost his way in the forest. At the critical moment, the Roman poet V. Il giglio was entrusted by Beya Ritchie to lead Dante through the underworld. During this journey, Dante saw that some sinners suffered different punishments in hell because of their different crimes, while others tried to wash away their sins in the online world. Later, Bei Iaricci appeared and took over Virgil's guiding position. After forcing Dante to confess his mistakes, he personally guided Dante to heaven, and Dante finally met God.
The content of Divine Comedy consists of dozens and hundreds of stories. Dante tried to integrate his concepts of philosophy, religion, politics and morality. The characters in The Divine Comedy, whether actually including Dante's contemporaries: enemies, friends, historical figures, or fictional characters from ancient legends, epics and the Bible, are vividly integrated into the whole work through Dante's imagination.
The meaning of divine comedy
The divine comedy itself can be said to be a great metaphor. The whole process from dark forest to hell, nether world and heaven represents the process from ignorance, struggle, desire to redemption. Dante hopes to convey his personal experience and cognition through this book, guide readers to examine the evil of human nature, think about the contemporary chaotic situation, and try to put forward solutions, hoping to avoid suffering and achieve happiness.
Dante divides human happiness into two categories: earthly happiness (heaven on earth is a concrete symbol) and eternal happiness (in the grace of God in heaven). Earthly happiness can only be achieved through moral and intellectual experiments, and eternal happiness can only be achieved through practicing the Christian dogma of faith, hope and love.
The Artistic Value of Divine Comedy
Dante's greatest writing motivation is to praise Beya Ritchie, but from the details of The Divine Comedy, his main achievement lies in a high degree of generalization and comprehensiveness. Because the writing of this book began during his exile. Dante saw the magnificent rivers and mountains of the motherland, contacted all walks of life and enriched his life experience. He saw that Italy and Europe were in a state of dispute and chaos, and realized that he had the responsibility to expose the reality, awaken people's hearts and point out the road to political and moral revival for Italy. Therefore, this work integrates the various internal factors of the poet into a harmonious whole. At this point, the Divine Comedy is indeed very successful. No wonder T.S. Eliot declared in On Dante: "Dante and Shakespeare share the modern world equally, and there is no third party." "Shakespeare showed the greatest width of human emotions, while Dante showed the greatest height and depth."