The Divine Comedy - Dante\'s Inferno

In canto XXVI of The Inferno in The Divine Comedy, Dante the Poet describes how Ulysses actions and faults were the cause of his last-ditch damnation in hell. By putting himself in front of his crew, family, and Greek gods, he dismisses what is placedo for them in order to hunting for his own personal desires in his life. Closer reading reveals that it is Ulysses quirk that leads him to hell, and more principal(prenominal)ly, is a parity of Dante the Pilgrims own life, as he constantly struggles trying to demote a purpose in this life. Therefore, Dante the Poets vision of the nature of ungodliness is non merely from sensations lying toward another, but an addition of ones queerness which leads them on their downward whorl into hell. In order for Virgil to get together the wishes of Dante the Pilgrim, he asks the flame of Ulysses slightly how he was sent into hell. woof his request, Ulysses begins telling his story by starting off with his classical goal saying, \nN either my center for my son nor pity\nfor my oer-the-hill father nor the love I owed \nPenelope, which would have gladdened her, \nwas equal to(p) to defeat in me the inclination \nI had to hand roll in the hay of the world\nand of the vices and the worth of men. (XXVI. 94-99)\nFrom this quote, one can see Ulysses queerness to explore the world is not only more beta than his own son, but exceeds the season he should be outlay with his father, who may be lack in years, with the addition to his allegiance that he owes his wife finished marriage. His desires have already began to slough a shadow everywhere one of the most important aspects of a hu art object, that of family, as soundly as taking over his soul longings in life, that of which Jay Ruud explains is a passion to seek out all that is virtuous and scandalous in the world (527). By elaborating on what Ruud believes is Ulysses ultimate desires on his quest, one can besides see the purpose for why he began his travel is to gain awareness of the world in which no other man had ever had ...