Part one of term paper
Dante’s Divine Comedy suggests many tools of character. Love and choice are two tools of character that I will discuss in this paper. Love and choice will increase our chances of progressing toward liberation and union with each other and our source. Essentially, these traits have to do with the courage to hope. It is easier to believe ...

Part two of term paper
... choice. In Dante’s Inferno, the main scheme is to gain individual satisfaction. Personal recovery is dependent on the love of others. This is true when Dante first meets Beatrice. Beatrice was sent to help guide Dante through Hell and it is she who is the patron of Dante’s self-remembrance. The encouragement, love, and passion of another has a restorative effect on a person. To become isolated from others is to be submerged in the ice of Hell. A person's self perceptions can be frozen and ...