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The booby hatch by Dante AlighiereTranslated by John Ciardi     Summary of plot, organization and resolutiono     The blaze is the first of a three part series by Dante known as the Divine Comedy. In this Divine Comedy Dante chronicles his travel to God through the levels of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. The Inferno is his description of his journey through the levels of Hell. The Inferno begins with Dante lost in a dark wood, which possibly repre moveed sin. Dante tried and true to exit the wood, but three impassible beasts blocked his path. Dante is rescued when the spirit of Virgil is sent to lead him to salvation, however, Dante must journey through hell to reach salvation. Dante and Virgil thus journey through the levels of hell, with the occasional help of a heavenly courier sent to aid Dante in his journey. Virgil describes Hell as cone shaped, make up of increasingly smaller levels depending on the inclemency of the sins which a mortal committed. The levels of Hell were often sub-divided allowing for even more discrimination depending on the severity of your sin. Dante completes his journey through hell when he and Virgil reach the deepest pit of hell, where they come up down the body of Lucifer to emerge in the southern hemisphere.       withdraw to the middle ages and/or transition to the renaissanceo     The Inferno in some ways follows the mold of the middle ages, but the o...