Part C (Answer in 300 words)
2. Describe in detail the meeting between Dante and Virgil.
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Explanation:
Why did Dante choose Virgil? There are many reasons. Dante is Italian and, therefore, Roman. Virgil was the greatest of the Roman poets. Dante wants to be the greatest of the Italian poets. Virgil comes to know this and remarks to Dante that he is proud while they journey up the mountain of Purgatory. Dante was a lover and love runs through his works. Virgil was the great poet of love. Love is a central theme in all of Virgil’s poetry. Because of this Virgil was regarded as the most Christian of the Greek and Roman poets before Christ. St. Augustine even regarded him as a pre-Christian prophet! The choice of Virgil as the poet of love is also symptomatic of the relationship that the two foster through the poem which I will now help to parse out.