Dante and Virgil spent the next day ascending from Hell to see the stars ( Inf. I and II), and the next full day ( Good Friday) was spent exploring the depths of Hell with Virgil as a guide ( Inf. Finally, the Earthly Paradise is located at the top of the mountain ( Purgatorio XXVIII–XXXIII).Īs described in the Inferno, the first twenty-four hours of Dante's journey took place on earth and started on the evening of Maundy Thursday, 24 March (or 7 April) 1300 ( Inf. Purgatory proper consists of seven levels or terraces ( Purgatorio X–XXVII) of suffering and spiritual growth, associated with the seven deadly sins. The bottom slopes of Mount Purgatory ( Purgatorio I–IX) have been designated as "Ante-Purgatory" by commentators. The poem posits the theory that all sins arise from love – either perverted love directed towards others' harm, or deficient love, or the disordered or excessive love of good things.ĭante portrays Purgatory as an island-mountain in the Southern Hemisphere. In describing the climb Dante discusses the nature of sin, examples of vice and virtue, as well as moral issues in politics and in the Church.
Allegorically, Purgatorio represents the penitent Christian life. It is an allegory telling of the climb of Dante up the Mount of Purgatory, guided by the Roman poet Virgil-except for the last four cantos, at which point Beatrice takes over as Dante's guide. The poem was written in the early 14th century. Purgatorio ( Italian: Italian for " Purgatory") is the second part of Dante's Divine Comedy, following the Inferno and preceding the Paradiso.
As with Paradise, the structure is of the form 2 + 7 + 1 = 10, with one of the ten regions different in nature from the other nine.
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