Dante

What is love? There are many types and forms of love, as seen in Dante. The love for a lover, a guider, or even a higher power is what guides Dante through the epic. The first example of love in this epic is Beatrice leaving heaven to ask for Virgil to assist Dante in his journey through hell, as he speaks about her love, "love that first moved me from the blissful place..". Although terrifying, the journey is fueled by Dante's love for Beatrice, for Virgil, even for God. Dante becomes a witness to many of other types of love, like that of power and wealth, or the love in the form of lust, as spoken, "love to a single death brought him and me". There are circles of individuals in hell that are damned with these types of love. Ultimately, Dante forms a secure love connection through this journey with God, "the primal love supernal".  There are so many forms of love that are explored, and it is demonstrated that the strong, pure, bonds are those that create an everlasting connection and relationship. 

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  1. Tiffany CadizApril 8, 2019 at 3:04 PM

    Ashley,
    I enjoyed how you began your blog with a rhetorical question. The main love demonstrated within the writing was the love between Dante and Beatrice as you had mentioned. I would have personally gone into more detail about the love of lust, power and wealth. For in the writing it discusses further detail on a woman who was having an affair with her lover. Yet ultimately ended in tragedy with her murder/death. God's love of a more superior power was shown as a new found love from Dante and his journey. However, without going through this journey, he may have never found this new form of love he made.

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  2. SamanthaApril 8, 2019 at 7:45 PM

    Hey Ashley, while I agree that there are multiple types of love expressed throughout the epic I admittedly would have like to have see some of those citations that I mentioned last comment. Also, what do you mean by "Dante forms a secure love connection through this journey with god"? Did you mean he solidifies his love for God? I am a bit confused. If that was your point it would be a good one but you need to be more clear in your writing.

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