Dante

action allegory amor analogous appears Aristotelian Aristotle Beatrice Beatrice's beauty beginning Canto canzone Charles of Valois Christ Christian Cocytus Commedia conception contemplation Convivio Corso Donati Dante explains Dante the traveler Dante's dark wood death Divine dramatic dream earth earthly felicity Emperor Empyrean eternal evil experience eyes faith figure Florence Florentine Francesca Geryon Ghibellines Giano della Bella God's grace Guelfs heaven hell Henry human spirit Inferno intellect Italian journey lady light literal lost Matelda meaning mode Monarchia moral motive moto spiritale Mountain moved movement of spirit narrative nature Paradiso Terrestre passion philosophy poem poet poetic poetry political Pope Primum Mobile psyche Purgatorio rational reader realm reason represent revealed says scene seen sequence Sordello soul Statius story tells Temple Classics tercets things thought traveler's Trinity truth turn Ugolino Ulysses understand Virgil virtues visible vision Vita Nuova Vulgari Eloquentia whole XXXII