The pair cross into the underworld and there Virgil shows Dante the underbelly of the Inferno, which closely resembles the decayed landscape of modern urban life. Dante and Virgil's chronicles are ...

In Dante Alighieri's Inferno, the author describes Virgil and Dante's grueling journey through hell and purgatory as they encounter horrifying creatures and weather revolting conditions.

All together, if any literary work is expressly designed to put the fear of God in the reader, the Inferno is it. Throughout Dante’s nightmare journey, he is continually reminded by Virgil to ...