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Step-by-step explanation:
Virgil was introduced as the perfect guide, the poet Virgil represents wisdom. Dante believes that the high morals and ethics of Virgil has not been appreciated in his time. Dante looks up to Virgil.
The readers can view Virgil as Dantes master, because Virgil always looks out for Dante's welfare. He can also be seen as the perfect guide for Dante. This is evident in the text where; "Dante begins to feel hopeless in his plight, a figure approaches him. At first Dante is afraid but then implores it for help. whether it be man or spirit. it answered:"not a man now, but once i was." It is the shade of Virgil who wrote the Arneid and lived in the times of the "Lying and false gods." Dante sees Virgil as his master and the inspiration for his works.