When he arrives in Heaven he meets his ideal, perfect woman, Beatrice, who guides him through that realm. Dante travels through the three realms of the dead, guided through Hell and Purgatory by the poet, Virgil. It was written in the Tuscan language and, as such, played a major part in the establishment of the Tuscan language as the standard Italian language. The poem is based on Christian theology and philosophy.ĭante’s vision of the afterlife mirrors the mediaeval worldview, heavily influenced by the Church. Although it depicts the adventures during a journey through these three lands, on a deeper level, it represents allegorically, the soul’s journey towards God, from the darkest depths of Hell to the light and joys of Heaven. The poem is divided into those three parts. It is a long narrative poem written between 13 by Dante Alighieri, an imaginative vision of the afterlife, in which the protagonist, Dante, visits hell (Inferno), purgatory (Purgatorio), and heaven (Paradiso). The Divine Comedy is the pre-eminent Italian literary work. Each Shakespeare’s play name links to a range of resources about each play: Character summaries, plot outlines, example essays and famous quotes, soliloquies and monologues: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Henry IV Part 1 Henry IV Part 2 Henry VIII Henry VI Part 1 Henry VI Part 2 Henry VI Part 3 Henry V Julius Caesar King John King Lear Loves Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Pericles Richard II Richard III Romeo & Juliet The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus & Cressida Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona The Winter’s Tale This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order. Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15.
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