In the Divine Comedy we find two main characters, Virgil, Dante's guide through Hell and Purgatory, and Beatrice, Dante's guide through Paradise. There are few who believe that Virgil would represent the right along this journey and Beatriz faith. However, this section will not try to analyze what is Virgil, but trying to analyze the reasons for choosing the Roman poet Dante, and Virgil image I had of the medieval world. Domenico Comparetti gives us a clue about the reasons why Dante chose Virgil and not another, one of the features that come close to Dante's Virgil patriotism and love of intellectual truth. All this is easier to understand if we assume that Dante felt a special affection for Latino culture, " Latin All Glory glory feels as Italian" . This feeling, this kind of utopian political idea was based on Dante stated Virgilio. The problem for the Roman author, was that his ideal was too high to rule the Roman Empire. For him the world made sense, was order and dignity and carried a sense of history, something that no one has ever said, except the Hebrew prophets.
Paper, or at least one of the roles of Virgil along this comedy is to remember the heroes and myths of ancient poetry. Although Dante likes to read or edit, depending on your taste, the myths that were the subject of the most famous ancient poems, Virgil knows, interprets and explains without any problem. Is a representative of that ancient time and also very knowledgeable about it.
Dante peopled with characters the Hereafter, and they all have one thing in common: they are shadows, they are dead. Yet the most extraordinary thing about these characters is the treatment that has for them. Despite being born in the books characters, treats them as if they were real characters. Therefore all are judged to punishment or reward with Hell or Heaven.
Leaving aside the long list of characters of antiquity that Dante uses throughout his work and role plays Virgil in this environment, it should be noted, albeit briefly, the image they had of Virgil in the Middle Ages.
Virgilio was accepted by Christians, unlike other pagan writers, for his poetry. The poetic word inspired means that the speaker ignores some of what your message is going to mean for others. Once accepted as prophetic Virgilian Eclogue IV, Virgil was admitted as a proper reading for Christians. Do not think that this is a simple accident or a curiosity of literature. Virgilio is the link between the ancient world and the world was coming.
In any case, there is a particular medieval conception of Virgil makes a magician, mostly thanks to some legends. The Virgilio before us in The Divine Comedy still has some background of the legend of wizard and knows the road to hell, hell knows perfectly, deals with demons and has power over them, etc.
The Virgil takes Dante to his work is therefore partly inherited, but partly also acquired for himself, seeing in him certain values \u200b\u200bthat Roman author defended himself. In any case, it is curious that Dante put a pagan Virgil as an example of good moral and right reason, that it could serve as an example for Christians of the fourteenth century. In the same way was also a moral level model which can be reached every man, whether Christian or not, with God's help (of course).
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