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In The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri uses poetry to explore

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In The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri uses poetry to explore the existence of life after death.

The Divine Comedy is an Italian long narrative poem by Dante Alighieri.

The narrative deals with Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise or Heaven, while allegorically the poem represents the soul's journey towards God. Dante insipired on medieval Christian theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy and the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas.

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In The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri uses poetry to explore "human nature," especially the intricacies of what people do and feel under a great deal of pressure. 
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