Write a paper about the book Inferno. this paper must be about 1000 words long, typewritten and must be written according to the expository method. This means that the paper must have a definite thesis statement and must prove and demonstrate that thesis in the body of the paper. The paper should also contain a quotation from a scholarly or critical work that is a study of the work which is subject of the student”s paper> The student may use any of the most widely used reference methods, such as the MLA method, the there should be in- text citations of the secondary source and a works cited page.

Hint: questions that may be answered in the paper

1. how does Virgil instruct Dante during their journey? What does Virgil teach Dante?
2. what is the relationship between Virgil and Dante? what is Dante’s attitude
3. what is the most important lesson that Dante can learn from Virgil
4. what is the role of the contrapasso in the inferno? How do the punishments express the nature of the sins? why is the contrapasso in the inferno?
5. why are the sinner in hell? do they deserve to be there?
6. How would you justify Dante’s strict, systematic morality to those who disagree with what Dante does in the inferno?
7. what is the sin as the inferno shows it to be?
8. describe the attitudes of some of the sinners in hell. what do some of them have to say about their miserable positions in the eternal punishment?
9. How does Dante change as he journeys through hell? Why is this change important?
10. The last cantos of the inferno are especially important, What do they reveal about sin, about the sinners and eternal damnation, and about Dante?