The Vision of Hell - The Divine Comedy 1

Dante's Inferno, the first part of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, begins on the night before Good Friday in 1300, as Dante finds himself lost in a dark wood, confronting personal and spiritual peril. Rescued by Virgil, they undertake a journey into the underworld, where each sin's punishment reflects poetic justice through a symbolic form of punishment called contrapasso. The narrative explores themes of morality, redemption, and the consequences of human actions.