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What element of Dante's Inferno shows the reader that he wants to expose corruption in the church?

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The element that Dante’s Inferno shows to the reader about the corruption in church is wealth. He believed that the root of all evil (especially corruption) is wealth. Thus the reason for all the money and greed-based areas in Hell.

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