Divine Comedy

BY: DANTE ALIGHIERI

 Biography

 Famous As: Poet

 Nationality: Italian
 Birth Date: May 21, 1265
 Died At Age: 56
 Born In: Florence, Italy
 Father: Alighiero Di Bellincione
 Mother: Bella
 Spouse/Partner: Gemma Di Manetto Donati
 Children: Jacopo Alighieri,
 Antonia Alighieri,
Pietro Alighieri
 Died On: September 14, 1321
 Place Of Death: Ravenna
 Discoveries/Inventions: Provençal Poetry
 Biography

 Italian poet, prose writer, literary theorist, moral

philosopher, and political thinker.
 He is best known for the monumental epic poem La
commedia, later named La divina commedia (The
Divine Comedy).
 Summary

In the middle of his journey to his life, he was asking

himself why in the dark wood which way he would go. He
was terrified, covered with fear. He entered in through
the dark without knowing why and how. When he
reached the foot of hill, his fear come to an end when he
looked up and saw its shoulders brightened with the rays
of the sun.
After his tired body rested he walk again through the
empty ground, always bearing upwards to the right.
Almost at the start of the slope, he saw a light swift
leopard with spotted coat. The leopard was seemed to
come to him with raised head and rabid hunger and
moving closer to him little by little.
 Summary

While he was returning to the depths, he saw

someone and he said “Have pity on me, whoever
you are, whether a man, in truth, or a shadow!” and
the man answered: