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paragraph citing about part of Dante's life which you think is connected to the scene you've

chosen and some explanations of it.

Filippo Argenti was a bitter enemy of Dante and reveals himself as a man marked by all
the passions, hatreds, and loves of his time. Argenti and his family was also opposed Dante's
return to Florence. As stated in history, Argenti gained the animosity of Dante Alighieri; the two
were on opposite sides of the civil war between the Black Guelphs and White Guelphs. The
most popular reason given for this mutual hatred is that Argenti opposed Dante's return to
Florence, and while the poet was in exile, he took all of Dante's possessions for himself. As
such, Dante writes of his enemy being placed the fifth circle of Hell among the Wrathful after
death. Upon seeing Argenti, Dante’s reaction was changing since he wishes Argenti to suffer
beyond what he was already experiencing in the crowd of wrathful. By wishing Argenti more
harm, Dante behaves wrathfully, similarly as the sinners in the marsh behave. In spite of that
behavior, Virgil still praises Dante. Dante no longer has sympathy for the sinners.

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