Dante’s Inferno in Milton´s Paradise Lost

Many discussions indicate that Dante's hell is blinking throughout Milton's Paradise Lost. At first glance, these two poems seem very different in the depiction of hell, but the scholars have discussed some arguments that the influence of Dante is shining through Milton's work and arguments denying these assertions I advocated. There are circumstances where the influence of Dante is seen throughout the lost paradise, but the evil of Milton and the progress of Satan are completely different from that of Dante.

Introduction John Milton is widely believed to be familiar with Dante Alighieri, who has a great influence on Milton's epic "Paradise Lost". The meaning of "comedy of God" to Milton is especially in hell of Dante and in Purgatorio. The scholars quoted Dante's widespread response in Milton's work and compared the two great poets for centuries. - "What is fame, fame disappears slowly and declining." "Theodore Tilton The Danine Comedy by author Dante Alighieri is a Christian-themed poem, seeking love, happiness, and seeking God It is. But in these Christian themes, Dante is a commitment and desire to fame, which seems to be an amazing departure from the traditional medieval Christian morality. In fact, with the progress of poetry, there was a remarkable contradiction.

Satan is an important religious and literary symbol of Western culture and is also the main figure of two classic pieces, Dante Alighieri's Inferno and John Milton's lost paradise. As a symbol, Satan has some immutable features and some flowing features. By comparing Dante's Satan version and Milton version, you can test which functions are the core to identify Satan and which functions change the background and theme of the work in the service. Dante expresses Satan's appearance as "ugly", and Satan has three sides - red, yellow, and black (lines 36, 38 - 40). Satan is said to have "two powerful wings, huge" and "bat texture like bats" (lines 43, 46). Dante noticed that Satan cried the sinner crying to make "bloody bubbles" (line 50). Sinners are Judas, Brutus, Cassius, both called traitor, and as Satan's remarkable symbolic features - Betrayal of God -

This article explores Santin's depiction in Dante's hell and John Milton's Paradise Lost. Satan's myth has penetrated every aspect of society and has provided infinite material for articles written on various subjects, although it is negligible in the Bible. Satan is an important religious and literary symbol of Western culture and is also the main figure of two classic pieces, Dante Alighieri's Inferno and John Milton's lost paradise. As a symbol, Satan has some immutable features and some flowing features. By comparing Dante's Satan version and Milton version you can test which features identify Satan's core functionality and which features are related to the service background and theme.