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... Women in Dante’s inferno.
Nearly all the women we encounter in the inferno are being punished for sins of a sexual nature. In analyzing the sins of specific women in the inferno, exploring roles of women in 14th century Italy, and exploring how the church viewed Sexuality and women in the 14th century, we will be able to assume that, in fact, women of Dante’s time were categorized as “sex objects” and thought of as little else. ... In the this level we convene with more women than anywhere else in the inferno. ... Therefore, we can conclude that all the women in the inferno, with the exception of the fortune teller Manta, are linked to sexual sins.
In the time of Dante’s inferno women held very few rights. ... This is important to the role of women in the inferno because as you notice there are many women in the book who don’t seem to be in their proper level of hell but rather crammed into the 2nd circle with all the other women. ...
How the church viewed women in the 14th century is essential to the role of women in Dante’s inferno as well. After all the church is where the idea of the inferno was created. ...
Many scholars claim that the Inferno represents a microcosm of society.
Approximate Word count = 1063
Approximate Pages = 4.3
(250 words per page double spaced)
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