Devine Comedy is conscientiously planned around the number three. The work is separated into three poems with unequal cantos: Purgutorio and Paradiso consist of thirty three cantos and The Inferno has thirty four. The Bible, Mark 10:18 reads, “And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God” (Scofield). Dante intentionally includes thirty four cantos in The Inferno to achieve imperfection because he believes none to be perfect, but God. The three poems…
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