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What state is Dante the pilgrim in
when he "enters the wood"
and starts his journey?
Why does he need and want Virgil as his guide through Hell?
Who resides in Limbo, canto 4?
Why is the story of Paolo and
Francesca (c. 5) so important to
Dante that he swoons upon
hearing it?
What is contrapasso and what is one example of it from the text?
For what sins does Dante punish
Ulysses (Odysseus) in his own
tale of the afterlife, inferno? In
doing do, how does he recast
Ulysses' epic strength as
weakness in his own frame?
