Dante's Inferno - A Summary of the Divine Comedy Pt. 1

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  • @ethanmacharia5307
    @ethanmacharia5307 3 роки тому +7595

    Dante's inferno feels like one of those super complicated dreams that we all get but never remember

    • @rawr419
      @rawr419 3 роки тому +85

      LMFAO SO TRUE

    • @ericbigelow6083
      @ericbigelow6083 3 роки тому +40

      Incredible observation try Carl Jung's"Dreams" there are definitely references and yes so called big dreams are not unique we all get them the trick is interpretation be lazy let someone else do the work hundred years old but almost nobody knows to bad

    • @jesuisunpoisson4804
      @jesuisunpoisson4804 3 роки тому +11

      It was such a good book

    • @vibez7313
      @vibez7313 3 роки тому +1

      E

    • @clarizebernardez571
      @clarizebernardez571 3 роки тому +1

      My thoughts exactly!

  • @MythologyFictionExplained
    @MythologyFictionExplained  3 роки тому +8982

    It was very fun trying to bring this story to life, would you like to see part 2 and 3?

  • @bigbload
    @bigbload 3 роки тому +3304

    I like to imagine that everyone is screaming in pain, then once Dante arrives they suddenly stop and have a friendly and calm conversation with Dante.

    • @edwardkanu8328
      @edwardkanu8328 3 роки тому +34

      Lmfao

    • @TOKUN_
      @TOKUN_ 3 роки тому +160

      Nobody :
      NPC Oblivion Conversations : 💀^

    • @sevenlines2238
      @sevenlines2238 2 роки тому +17

      @@TOKUN_ I literally thought the same thing... get out of my minf

    • @TOKUN_
      @TOKUN_ 2 роки тому +4

      @@sevenlines2238 Lmaoo, great minds think alike 🙌🏾

    • @peasant502
      @peasant502 2 роки тому +1

      @@sevenlines2238 bruhhhhh sameeeeee

  • @FreaKCSGOHacker
    @FreaKCSGOHacker 2 роки тому +1785

    I imagine someone being burned and mauled to death but still being like: "BUT I MUST KNOW... THE POLITICAL SITUATION... IN... FLAURENCE..."

    • @katejames2633
      @katejames2633 2 роки тому +189

      everyone is burning screaming in pain for all eternity but when they encounter dante they're like yo what's going on up there is the pope good lol

    • @jout738
      @jout738 2 роки тому +10

      @@katejames2633
      Yes of course, when they just need to stay still there for eternity, so they want to know how things are going on, even if their mouth does not let them speak.

    • @jout738
      @jout738 2 роки тому +12

      @@katejames2633
      Dante is still somebody that knows how things go in the real world, while they are there stuck not knowing, so thats why they go on and talk, when othere way they would just keep being there stuck and not knowing, so they were curious to know.

    • @amywaterman-mcintyre
      @amywaterman-mcintyre 2 роки тому +52

      For Christ's sake......its Florence

    • @frozenlizard3370
      @frozenlizard3370 2 роки тому +12

      What about the droid attack on the Wookiees?

  • @bwalker77
    @bwalker77 3 роки тому +5050

    Cleopatra is in the circle of lust for having only two lovers in her lifetime, and somehow isn’t punished for having her siblings murdered? Someone had a good lawyer...

    • @Davz616
      @Davz616 3 роки тому +736

      probably hired Saul Goodman

    • @gtassa01
      @gtassa01 3 роки тому +197

      People know her more for the two lovers than the siblings

    • @Altzar2011
      @Altzar2011 3 роки тому +112

      The 2 lovers were also her siblings, besides the rest who she killed afterwards.

    • @s.o.q2914
      @s.o.q2914 3 роки тому +10

      Yes gold

    • @ryankelley5160
      @ryankelley5160 3 роки тому +76

      @@Altzar2011 Are you referring to Mark Anthony? Pretty sure they weren't related.

  • @palindont9238
    @palindont9238 3 роки тому +1254

    "Ahhhhhh the eternal fire. Hey, also, while you are here...what's the political situation in Florence?"

    • @matteocivolani5903
      @matteocivolani5903 3 роки тому +11

      Search guelfi against ghibellini they were two political factions, (he was exiled from Florence because his faction, the ghibellini, had lost the war ).

    • @fritzvicious
      @fritzvicious 3 роки тому +21

      Honestly coming from a long study session of the Commedia this comment made my day-

    • @mmgg1671
      @mmgg1671 3 роки тому +4

      @@matteocivolani5903 you are wrong, Dante was a white guelph, white guelphs thought that the pope had nothing to do with politics, black guelphs thought that the pope and the church in general had to take part of the politics.

    • @ghintz2156
      @ghintz2156 3 роки тому +29

      "What, they threw you out of Florence, Dante?!? But you're such an awesome guy. *winks to reader*"

    • @medusafire4124
      @medusafire4124 2 роки тому

      It was a form of propaganda to influence the people 💎

  • @edenwayne8407
    @edenwayne8407 3 роки тому +1570

    29:32 the punishment for fortune tellers which is turning their heads backwards as they move forward, can also be interpreted as an ironic punishment of not being able to see what is ahead of them

    • @sammcneillmckinnell5003
      @sammcneillmckinnell5003 3 роки тому +59

      Omg I never thought of it like that. Yeah that makes sense, I like your thought process

    • @brodemobully7220
      @brodemobully7220 3 роки тому +61

      Yes we in Italy study la divina commedia very well and we call this contrappasso basically a lot of punishments are kinda ironc

    • @ghintz2156
      @ghintz2156 3 роки тому +70

      Pretty much all of the punishments are ironic like that. It's the entire point.

    • @peasant502
      @peasant502 2 роки тому +5

      Yes but if they walk In straight lines, they can definitely itely see what is a head of the person behind them

    • @electroflames
      @electroflames 2 роки тому +7

      @@peasant502dude there in a inner CIRCLE of hell

  • @Ser_Locke
    @Ser_Locke 3 роки тому +2262

    "Why am I going to hell?!"
    *"Douchebaggery"*

    • @aweeeeh5255
      @aweeeeh5255 2 роки тому +135

      "God, am I going to the circle of lust"
      "No. From the streets where you emerged, and to the streets you will return"

    • @dylangordon3861
      @dylangordon3861 2 роки тому +8

      Awesome samsa pic!

    • @Ser_Locke
      @Ser_Locke 2 роки тому +5

      @@dylangordon3861 thanks man!

    • @aweeeeh5255
      @aweeeeh5255 2 роки тому +12

      @thedweebingweeb I feel bad for Pastor Wes. All he wants is to retire but these thots keep bringing him back in.

    • @qtfy
      @qtfy 2 роки тому +1

      @thedweebingweeb what

  • @reyn471
    @reyn471 3 роки тому +4189

    Comedy back then was really different to what comedy is now.

    • @ville6211
      @ville6211 3 роки тому +361

      I had to check the definition of comedy on Merriam-Webster, one is "medieval narrative that ends happily - Dante's Divine Comedy"

    • @Sally10268
      @Sally10268 3 роки тому +549

      Comedy , hero lives.
      Tragedy , hero dies.

    • @kengorion8190
      @kengorion8190 3 роки тому +43

      @@ville6211 Lol so you searched what comedy means and this is what it says Thats a big yikes WidePeepoSad

    • @oddcop945
      @oddcop945 3 роки тому +209

      @@kengorion8190 you know whats a big yikes? Using twitch emotes in yt comments

    • @ccmetalhead
      @ccmetalhead 3 роки тому +11

      ken gorion
      Not only said it but wrote it 😼

  • @irrstble2women
    @irrstble2women 3 роки тому +707

    I love how for about 25mins he's speaking with such astute vocabulary ... Then calls Jason a douchebag. LMAO

    • @aceman0000099
      @aceman0000099 3 роки тому +9

      It's not even that astute, compared to the original

    • @robertshroyer1322
      @robertshroyer1322 3 роки тому +13

      Would have been better if he called him a poopoo caca head. It is a comedy after all.

    • @mimi45945
      @mimi45945 3 роки тому +3

      Steven Caesar: Oh you may like "philomena cunk" series...

    • @ksenijavukcevic8152
      @ksenijavukcevic8152 3 роки тому +7

      I stoped the video and scrolled down just to see if anybody comented about this ☺️

    • @richi6550
      @richi6550 3 роки тому +1

      I'm yet to reach there but thanks😅

  • @zaqwsx23
    @zaqwsx23 3 роки тому +565

    It's also important to underline the extraordinariness of the Divine Comedy from a linguistic point of view.
    The entire work is written in the style of a poem. Every verse has the same number of syllables, eleven, every single one of them. All verses of the entire masterpiece are grouped in blocks of three (called "terzine", like little thirds). The terzine have a very strict and complex rhyme scheme: ABA BCB CDC EDE and so on. This creates in the reader a feeling of flow of verses which is impossible to recreate in any translation.

    • @John_on_the_mountain
      @John_on_the_mountain 3 роки тому +54

      Most books lose a lot in translation. Some lose almost everything. I wish i could read many languages so i could read classics how they are suppose to be. The Divine Comedy, the Koran, the Bible, etc.

    • @universalflamethrower6342
      @universalflamethrower6342 2 роки тому +17

      @@John_on_the_mountain just start with one language, they will get easier over time and any additional language

    • @noeliabarbero5622
      @noeliabarbero5622 2 роки тому +3

      So cool!

    • @aaronpark2396
      @aaronpark2396 2 роки тому +14

      3 because of the trinity. Verses in blocks of 3, 33 chapters, 3 books

    • @sampound9258
      @sampound9258 2 роки тому +14

      @@aaronpark2396 every canto ends with a single verse so that the total number of verses ends up being a multiple of 3 plus 1, representing the Trinity (in 1, God, there are the Father, Son and Holy Spirit). Also there is a total of 100 canti, 33 for each book+ the introduction, for the same exact reason as before. 100 is composed of 3 digits, and the sum of its digits is 1

  • @bunnysan8317
    @bunnysan8317 2 роки тому +80

    mans wrote an isekai fanfic and became a cultural icon. my hero

    • @masterjunky863
      @masterjunky863 Рік тому +15

      He wrote an isekai and basically started Italian language and nation

  • @shoople
    @shoople 3 роки тому +5457

    People: fanfic isn't real literature
    Dante writing one of the most iconic pieces of literature of all time: so I meet Virgil and plato and everyone thought I was cool and I became their friend :)

    • @ko-rp7ge
      @ko-rp7ge 3 роки тому +62

      😂😂

    • @uhhok7183
      @uhhok7183 3 роки тому +220

      the definition of literature is any written work- therefore any written work is literature. Not all are good, but all are written work

    • @abdullahansari7131
      @abdullahansari7131 3 роки тому +18

      Imagination which you don't have.

    • @ItsNessaTho
      @ItsNessaTho 3 роки тому +24

      Yo that's accurate tho 😂😂

    • @trumpone4443
      @trumpone4443 3 роки тому +7

      Reading it is rough. Ive listened to a bunch of these to find blindspots.

  • @caleshriver134
    @caleshriver134 3 роки тому +251

    Jeez, Dante is a savage... Walking through hell kickin' peoples heads, talking ish to demons...

    • @lordwarryl5712
      @lordwarryl5712 3 роки тому +9

      If i would ever go to hell, shittalking demons will the the last thing i'll do

  • @julcaos
    @julcaos 2 роки тому +626

    This has to be turned into a VR game with multiple-choice dialogue...

    • @chrisleach4245
      @chrisleach4245 2 роки тому +19

      God of war on ps3 or 4 is close.

    • @julcaos
      @julcaos 2 роки тому +1

      @@chrisleach4245 I've played all god of war games and probably the first had a few references, but with a Hades twist to it, I think.

    • @chrisleach4245
      @chrisleach4245 2 роки тому +4

      @@julcaos it’s close your fighting all the levels of hell and it’s demons that rule the sins of the lvl. It’s not 100 but it’s close enough for government work LOL

    • @julcaos
      @julcaos 2 роки тому +2

      @@chrisleach4245 damn, I forgot about that... I'm gonna replay GOW trilogy, since I have it in my PS library. Thanks dude.

    • @akirad01
      @akirad01 2 роки тому +25

      Play the game Dantes Inferno. I played it on xbox 360 but its available on gamepass

  • @N0C7URN4L
    @N0C7URN4L 2 роки тому +45

    22:02 “strike me down Zeus, you don’t have the ba-“

  • @dxria_noir4729
    @dxria_noir4729 3 роки тому +1075

    “So for that douchbagery he was sentenced or eternity in hell..”

  • @greendemon905
    @greendemon905 3 роки тому +750

    You forgot to mention the actual punishment in the circle of Lust. It had a never-ending storm raging that would sweep up the sinners, and smack them into each other, symbolic of how they'd throw themselves unto one another in life.

    • @GNORMIN
      @GNORMIN 3 роки тому +112

      Ngl thats lowkey hilarious

    • @jackieweaver3884
      @jackieweaver3884 3 роки тому +8

      hey! i'm looking to do the Divine Comedy from the start to finish, but i would need a good translation and explanation/commentary to go with it. Can you help me out by recommending any resources for it?

    • @adamantium_1
      @adamantium_1 3 роки тому +15

      This version was edited down. Good you know the original ots several hours long

    • @ceciliaageofaquarius1225
      @ceciliaageofaquarius1225 3 роки тому +1

      Sounds like fun

    • @coke378
      @coke378 3 роки тому +5

      @@GNORMIN NO ITS NOT.
      *THATS SICK*

  • @itarry4
    @itarry4 3 роки тому +229

    The first fan fiction from Dante. Of course he feels a "connection" to Virgil what with Virgil being Dantes literal man crush and all time hero. His one issue is his hatred for Greek mythical hero's and his total loyalty to all Roman heroes.
    It's funny seeing how he deals with the ones that the Romans converted into their own versions.

    • @ghintz2156
      @ghintz2156 3 роки тому +13

      An Italian through and through.

    • @itarry4
      @itarry4 3 роки тому +15

      @@ghintz2156 I'm not aware if it's Italian today but it was a very Roman centered view of the world. Even though he wasn't from Rome he seems to have been quite the Rome obsessive and one of those who only ever saw the good bits of Rome and ignored the rest. So basically anything after around 200CE...

    • @eleeee9855
      @eleeee9855 2 роки тому +7

      He did this bc he considered Rome the city of corruption, especially Pope Bonifacio VIII who was still alive when Dante wrote the comedy, and he doesn't miss a chance to compare the corrupted Rome to the ancient honest Florence (especially with Cacciaguida in paradise)

    • @kashcheefztv1863
      @kashcheefztv1863 2 роки тому

      I mean fr 😂😂

    • @neoonewingedren1836
      @neoonewingedren1836 2 роки тому

      "now i'm really motivated"

  • @Cairo40000
    @Cairo40000 2 роки тому +312

    This video is inaccurate. Everyone knows that Dante was a veteran of the crusades, had a cross stitched to his chest, had the grim reaper's scythe as his weapon, and jumped into hell to save his girlfriend Beatrice.

  • @bjarnivalur6330
    @bjarnivalur6330 3 роки тому +3905

    So this is partially just an excuse for Dante to roast people he disagrees with.

    • @AK-hi7mg
      @AK-hi7mg 3 роки тому +160

      No he also meet some people he respected greatly in life .but they were in hell because of their deeds .

    • @rachelspanties5400
      @rachelspanties5400 3 роки тому +63

      In a sense , but remember it is a comedy . So maybe he is roasting his own moral indignation as well as slamming the disagreeable.... Dante and Virgil should have been left in at least 3 circles..... funny ain’t it?

    • @rachelspanties5400
      @rachelspanties5400 3 роки тому +5

      @User Name LoL !

    • @Never_heart
      @Never_heart 3 роки тому +71

      This story is 100% the medieval equivalent of self insert fanfiction stories where the author beats up their "definitely not in real life bullies" using anime powers

    • @eavesDropSound
      @eavesDropSound 3 роки тому +28

      @@Never_heart unfortunately, a fan fiction a lot of people take seriously.

  • @gtahoer
    @gtahoer 3 роки тому +2100

    I must say , hell is one well organized place I'm kind of impressed.

    • @davidecorona6326
      @davidecorona6326 3 роки тому +120

      It's more organized than purgatory where souls don't know where to go.
      Jokes aside, Satan is doing a better job than God at organizing his realm.
      Edit: I've read Divine Commedy, I know that satan helds no dominion over hell. I was just joking.

    • @alm505
      @alm505 3 роки тому +67

      God had Angels rebell against him, the devil never had anyone step to him cause they know they would get the pimp hand

    • @issacharisreal1004
      @issacharisreal1004 3 роки тому +54

      @@davidecorona6326 Satan is controlled by God . God wrote this movie ( life) satan is a character . Satan has to ask for permission to afflict people .

    • @davidecorona6326
      @davidecorona6326 3 роки тому +10

      @@issacharisreal1004 i know, i was just joking.

    • @chrissonofpear1384
      @chrissonofpear1384 3 роки тому +15

      @@issacharisreal1004 Yes, weird, isn't it? And that Satan would really listen, if he honestly thought himself superior to god...

  • @dortiz2009
    @dortiz2009 3 роки тому +91

    Narrator: the circle of deese
    Me, shamelessly out loud at work: DEESE NUTS

  • @pineapple953
    @pineapple953 3 роки тому +261

    “So for that douchebaggery Jason is condemned to an eternity in hell”
    Best line 27:45

    • @Mr_3raqi
      @Mr_3raqi Рік тому +1

      Jason was a hell of a douchebag, i remember watching a youtube video on him and how he betrayed the witch and made her fall in love with him only to gain something from her (i think it was being free from her father who imprisoned him and his gang) and then got her killed while he could've saved her

    • @MrGameCure
      @MrGameCure Рік тому +2

      It was at this timestamp I left my "like"

  • @abhilasha9608
    @abhilasha9608 3 роки тому +1745

    21st century: Is that a JoJo reference?!
    14th century: Is that a Greek Mythology reference?!

    • @hush7359
      @hush7359 3 роки тому +2

      L o l

    • @davidecorona6326
      @davidecorona6326 3 роки тому +34

      *Always has been*

    • @mlvlnc
      @mlvlnc 3 роки тому +43

      You thought I was a cross, but it was I, DIO!!!

    • @davidecorona6326
      @davidecorona6326 3 роки тому +44

      @@mlvlnc Dio means God in italian, this Is so accurate.

    • @aayushivasnik
      @aayushivasnik 3 роки тому +1

      I'm still stuck in 14th century then

  • @transhumanistgamer8963
    @transhumanistgamer8963 3 роки тому +2422

    So Dante...
    -Wrote a self insert story
    -Where he hangs out with a personal hero of his
    -And is on a quest to meet his waifu
    -The story is loosely based on existing media (The Abrahamic mythos)
    -And everyone who disagrees with him are roasting in Hell for all time
    This is technically fan fiction.

    • @dizasteroid7
      @dizasteroid7 3 роки тому +106

      It inspired the movie Mean Girls. 😁

    • @monnaranzoti732
      @monnaranzoti732 3 роки тому +23

      underrated comment, this needs to go up!

    • @iancruz6617
      @iancruz6617 3 роки тому +37

      He also got lazy when writing the third one that he give up the entire end how to descrip

    • @pierluigiadreani2440
      @pierluigiadreani2440 3 роки тому +47

      We also have a version of Joe Joe Bizzarre adventure: Orlando Furioso. My favourite part is when his girl cheats on him, the dude gets lunatic and , destroys an entire forest. This forces a friend of his to take a griffin and fly to the moon(luna in italian) where the sanity of Orlando is stored in an ampoule. One of the coolest aspect is that the moon is filled with creatures, basically the author was imagining aliens back in 1500s. It is a very important part of our literature that doesn't get much attention, because of course dante does.

    • @Armazillo
      @Armazillo 3 роки тому +16

      What a witty and original comment

  • @superbad8008
    @superbad8008 2 роки тому +13

    I never knew Dante’s Inferno was such a banging Greek Myth crossover event

  • @tyrob405
    @tyrob405 Рік тому +3

    PLEASE finish this series

  • @angelolorilla2050
    @angelolorilla2050 3 роки тому +202

    Dante's Bizarre Adventures: Highway to Hell

    • @arushisanumon2903
      @arushisanumon2903 3 роки тому +6

      jojo's bizarre adventures. another otaku here so happy.

    • @rodrickhatton8636
      @rodrickhatton8636 3 роки тому +5

      Dante Alighieri Joestar
      Thanks for confirming!

  • @killerkitten7534
    @killerkitten7534 3 роки тому +1150

    Things I learned in this video:
    -the center of the universe is located in Lucifer’s gibbly bits
    -hell is more organized than my life

    • @eleeee9855
      @eleeee9855 2 роки тому +27

      Ohhh wait till you get to purgatory, I also suggest researching the visual representation of Dante's hell and purgatory (since they are symmetrical)

    • @bigbosspamfontejon8190
      @bigbosspamfontejon8190 2 роки тому

      😅😅😂😂😂😂

    • @angellisa2614
      @angellisa2614 2 роки тому +4

      *"gibbly bits"

    • @LegendaryDarkKnight602
      @LegendaryDarkKnight602 Рік тому

      @@angellisa2614 😂

    • @Zeno21340
      @Zeno21340 Рік тому +4

      @@angellisa2614 His nards- his balls- hell call it his sack its still hilarious

  • @jonsavage2587
    @jonsavage2587 2 роки тому +10

    "Abandon hope all ye who enter here" One of my favorite lines

  • @hadley2347
    @hadley2347 3 роки тому +18

    This was an amazing tale from a person who’s narrating skills are top of the line

  • @DrothXO
    @DrothXO 3 роки тому +2190

    Well, I wrote this masterpiece about 700 years ago. I am in Paradise now with my beloved Beatrice all the time. Thank you to the all fans who support me! Wish Virgil was here too :')

    • @Cancoillotteman
      @Cancoillotteman 3 роки тому +174

      Sorry bro, me and the boys are in Valhalla, getting ready for the final battle ! I heard you guys are preparing a little party trick of your own for your apocalypse ? Care to join us to fight the children of Loki ?

    • @DrothXO
      @DrothXO 3 роки тому +119

      @@Cancoillotteman Maybe. If Jesus let me join, why not?

    • @Cancoillotteman
      @Cancoillotteman 3 роки тому +80

      @@DrothXO Ok keep me in the loop bro, there should be dead bodies to fight for everyone !

    • @cthulhutentacles4994
      @cthulhutentacles4994 3 роки тому +90

      You guys are hilarious, I’d watch a series based on your comments lmao

    • @DrothXO
      @DrothXO 3 роки тому +76

      @@cthulhutentacles4994 Thank you, Brother! But what is more hilarious than my eternal love's eyes? I burn inside when I look at them!

  • @giovannidevincenzi6055
    @giovannidevincenzi6055 3 роки тому +203

    As an Italian myself, who was born and lives in Florence and takes Dante (the greatest poet in Italian literature and one among the greatest in all of literature in general) and his Divina Commedia as a source of infinite pride, I have to say you guys have done a fantastic job, especially when it comes to the *amazing* artwork you made.
    When it comes to the narration, it was a bit shallow, but that's not to take anything whatsoever away from all the work you put into this: The Divine Comedy is so rich, complex, majestic, packed with analogies and lessons on life and Christian faith, that a UA-cam video would have to be a week long just to fully explain Inferno alone.
    You guys told this story as a fairytale, and that's totally ok.
    However, we must not forget that the Comedy is *way* more than just a good story: it is a lesson of life, an insight to Dante's voyage, from the beginning in the dark forest, which represents his mid-life crisis, to the Highest Skies of Heaven, where Dante finally meets the Heavenly Light of God and finds the Faith he had lost.
    The Comedy shows us the corruption of Society, as Dante puts both politicians and clerks in Hell alike and doesn't shy away from expressing his political views.
    The Comedy is a pearl of literature, the meaning of which goes way deeper than you think.
    Can't wait for part 2 & 3 ❤️

    • @ImRunningazoo
      @ImRunningazoo 3 роки тому +5

      Can we say this book could be a good companion to the Bible ???

    • @smithsoniansmith2433
      @smithsoniansmith2433 3 роки тому +1

      @@ImRunningazoo Agreed.

    • @TheScreansever
      @TheScreansever 3 роки тому +3

      Condivido 🇮🇹

    • @smithsoniansmith2433
      @smithsoniansmith2433 3 роки тому

      @@TheScreansever I'm sorry I don't understand what that means or how this is connected to our conversation....

    • @TheScreansever
      @TheScreansever 3 роки тому +7

      @@smithsoniansmith2433 Hello, I simply agreed with my fellow Italian countryman after reading his comment. As far as been a good companion to the Bible I'm not so sure about it; personally I like to think that the whole Divine Commedy is a metaphor, in fact I see it as an inner journey of each individual who can transcend himself going through the darkness within living his own personal "hell" and by doing that one can find peace and rise up to the highest peaks reaching "heaven". So basically, in my opinion, Hell and Heaven should be seen as inner conditions rather than physical places. Hope I made my point clear :)

  • @joser.romero5783
    @joser.romero5783 3 роки тому +38

    I love love love your narration, I have been a teacher for 21 years and I recognize an amazing teacher - you are it buddy. Thanks so much

  • @arx3516
    @arx3516 2 роки тому +16

    The "Divine" Comedy is often credited as the literary work that gave birth to the modern italian language. And despite that it's not really easy for a modern italian to understand it.

  • @Rule-be6lw
    @Rule-be6lw 3 роки тому +650

    I would like to journey through hell like Dante just to see it and also talk to certain historical people. Plus my uncle still owes me 200 bucks and I told him hell isn’t gonna stop me.

    • @cb250nighthawk3
      @cb250nighthawk3 3 роки тому +66

      Sorry, you won't find him there. He's used the 200 bucks to bribe his way to heaven.🤣🤣🤣

    • @Rule-be6lw
      @Rule-be6lw 3 роки тому +41

      F SL well that’s a lie because I chased him from heaven. I will get my 200!

    • @cb250nighthawk3
      @cb250nighthawk3 3 роки тому +33

      @@Rule-be6lw
      🤣🤣🤣. Have a good marathon. It's a long way from heaven to hell. 😁

    • @lordnul1708
      @lordnul1708 3 роки тому +13

      @@cb250nighthawk3 just need to climb down Purgatory at night and go in the "back" door... Or swan dive from the right place :)

    • @Craig_1991
      @Craig_1991 3 роки тому +6

      You really dont mate

  • @leonard7930
    @leonard7930 3 роки тому +484

    33:57
    Narrator: The 9th hole was dedicated to the souls of Discord
    people in Discord: *panik*

    • @itsnotpaul8548
      @itsnotpaul8548 3 роки тому +39

      It's more or less for creepy discord mods no doubt maybe they are force to exercise for once instead of harrasing a random guy with an anime profile pic

    • @Fiilis1
      @Fiilis1 2 роки тому +8

      Never been uninstalling anything as fast as Discord.

    • @ayeansh
      @ayeansh 2 роки тому +5

      I actually forgot Discord also means disagreement, I heard him saying it as "servers of discord" and I was like did he really say that?

  • @gamerhead473
    @gamerhead473 Рік тому +8

    Dante goes through each circle of hell
    Kratos casually walks out

  • @candycadette
    @candycadette 2 роки тому +2

    I’ve listened to this series the first 100 times. Is so well explained for non-native English speakers. And I will continue to listen to it over and over. Because it’s so well made. Thank you.

  • @SadFloridaMan
    @SadFloridaMan 3 роки тому +271

    Dante: you are probably wondering how I got here

    • @Rule-be6lw
      @Rule-be6lw 3 роки тому +11

      Me opens mouth.
      Dante: no I didn’t touch any little boys.

    • @ericandre6554
      @ericandre6554 3 роки тому +3

      Underated comment.

    • @MrXxsoulessniperxx
      @MrXxsoulessniperxx 3 роки тому +5

      *Baba O'Reilly plays *
      It all started when i woke up in the woods...

    • @Rule-be6lw
      @Rule-be6lw 3 роки тому

      @@LvGoddess89 we know.

    • @davidmeloche3563
      @davidmeloche3563 3 роки тому +2

      *Record skip* "well, to tell this story, we have to start at the beginning of my senior year."

  • @beepboop3763
    @beepboop3763 3 роки тому +673

    This sounds like Dante’s wattpad fanfiction where all his rivals just burn in eternal hell fire 💀

  • @lorekeepermeerah
    @lorekeepermeerah 3 роки тому +14

    The art and animations in this video were GORGEOUS!

  • @Redfield70
    @Redfield70 3 роки тому +16

    Yes, please continue with the synopsis of the Divine Comedy. Thanks!

  • @stupidlol293
    @stupidlol293 3 роки тому +545

    “Im a sagittarius”
    8th circle of hell for Brittany

    • @Michael_Sangworth
      @Michael_Sangworth 3 роки тому +32

      As it should be

    • @8man943
      @8man943 3 роки тому +40

      "white girl brittany her/she/💙💙💙
      transgender pansexual potato BLM👊👊👊👊 fuck the police" is typing......

    • @atlanteanempress5011
      @atlanteanempress5011 3 роки тому +6

      I CACKLEDDDDDDD 😭💀 ksksksks

    • @MaiaPalazzo
      @MaiaPalazzo 3 роки тому +5

      @@8man943 you'd be right beside brittany LOL

    • @sienarodriguez8703
      @sienarodriguez8703 3 роки тому +1

      @@8man943 damn bro that was mad funny

  • @travisthompson5080
    @travisthompson5080 3 роки тому +982

    So... Are we just going to gloss over the fact that Satan's genitals are being portrayed as the center of the earth?

    • @kohakuaiko
      @kohakuaiko 3 роки тому +201

      Why do you think people say something is "hot as balls"?

    • @DarkKnight-rf2uu
      @DarkKnight-rf2uu 3 роки тому +119

      He actually said centre of the UNIVERSE lol

    • @someonesomewhere6667
      @someonesomewhere6667 3 роки тому +6

      @@kohakuaiko 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Teddy-rv8iw
      @Teddy-rv8iw 2 роки тому +1

      Well, that tends to happen when you fuq as much as a devil.

    • @jbrown7063
      @jbrown7063 2 роки тому +7

      I mean, god did yeet him pretty hard.

  • @oliviarinaldi5963
    @oliviarinaldi5963 3 роки тому +12

    Wow, a very interesting and sobering video. I've heard of this story all of my life and never would read it. Thank you for summarizing it for me as that was just the right amount. I do hope you've continued the story as I would like to hear it.

  • @hopes77777
    @hopes77777 3 роки тому +11

    You should definitely do the next part for dante's purgatorio. This video was very informative and it summarized exactly what I needed to know

  • @oscarmedina7368
    @oscarmedina7368 3 роки тому +181

    "Comedy is birthed through tragedy." I forgot who said this, but it really stuck out to me.

    • @nbhage2178
      @nbhage2178 3 роки тому +6

      Comedy that associates with humour as in modern days
      Or
      Comedy that associates with happy endings in medieval days ?

    • @Nick_Taylor.
      @Nick_Taylor. 3 роки тому +11

      @@nbhage2178 both, if you're a good writer.

    • @LucasFerreira-hy4sn
      @LucasFerreira-hy4sn 3 роки тому +9

      Comedy is tragedy, but when more time has passed

    • @kevinjamesmeckel
      @kevinjamesmeckel 3 роки тому

      Ever heard of coffin humor?

    • @samruddha362
      @samruddha362 3 роки тому

      well, i was born 18 years ago :)

  • @luciabrunazzi5730
    @luciabrunazzi5730 3 роки тому +453

    In Italy, we have to study all of the three parts of Dante's journey, across the last three years of highschool. I believe this is one of the best things ever written by a human being.
    PS: Virgil was the poet who wrote the "Aeneid", and was considered to be the best writer ever by Dante: he was such a fanboy

    • @markuhler2664
      @markuhler2664 3 роки тому +10

      Gotta agree with you that it is among the best.

    • @seasidesmilertj1182
      @seasidesmilertj1182 3 роки тому +10

      In Liceo Classico?

    • @raf015_2
      @raf015_2 3 роки тому +11

      Also in Liceo Scientifico

    • @luciabrunazzi5730
      @luciabrunazzi5730 3 роки тому +23

      I attended Liceo Classico, but Dante's work is actually studied in all kinds of Italian highschools

    • @luciabrunazzi5730
      @luciabrunazzi5730 3 роки тому +26

      It's part of our culture! It is actually the first work that has ever been written in modern Italian language. Dante has a special place in everyone's heart here in Italy💓

  • @479210251
    @479210251 3 роки тому +9

    Feels like hell is better than a lot of the ancient torture methods that people were put through

  • @UncleTonyK
    @UncleTonyK Рік тому +1

    The Divine Comedy is a personal favorite. And you have, thus far, given it the scholarly respect it deserves. I anxiously await Part 2

  • @ewgrosslmao
    @ewgrosslmao 3 роки тому +83

    Dante- “I wonder how I can mess with these people”
    *looks down at book*
    Dante- “Perfect”

  • @saltymisfit6566
    @saltymisfit6566 3 роки тому +166

    "For that douchebaggery" I had to stop working for a minute to laugh over that one

    • @kelvinhenriquez1019
      @kelvinhenriquez1019 3 роки тому +4

      im still laughing over that one lol

    • @godssons6979
      @godssons6979 3 роки тому +2

      Lmfao some things it seems will always be funny. It seems even back in the day douchebags were always the same.

  • @SICBUM
    @SICBUM 2 роки тому +1

    I'm so glad i found this channel. The way you put things together is really something to appreciate.

  • @SeccrssYT
    @SeccrssYT Рік тому +8

    Me and my friend did some shrooms yesterday and listened to this. Awesome with you narrating it hade a great time! 😎

  • @sourbaileys
    @sourbaileys 3 роки тому +307

    Suddenly I feel like going to Church.

  • @rionthemagnificent2971
    @rionthemagnificent2971 3 роки тому +294

    Somewhere in the fraud circle is a bunch of dead telemarketer scammers trying to scam demons lol

    • @Cushla-np4pt
      @Cushla-np4pt 3 роки тому +35

      *slaps roof of car* “this baby can hold so many tortured souls in this”

    • @heathergustar638
      @heathergustar638 3 роки тому +25

      And they only phone the demons at dinnertime

    • @llounfox9290
      @llounfox9290 3 роки тому +11

      And don’t forget it’s only 19.99

    • @Threezus17
      @Threezus17 3 роки тому +2

      @@llounfox9290 6.66

    • @anditube1592
      @anditube1592 3 роки тому +7

      I know im damned forever but have you tried these diet suppliments? They really work!

  • @hanzotv3
    @hanzotv3 Рік тому +1

    This has been 2 years but yes... you brought it to life and the visual is amazing. Thank you very much. 🥰👏👏👏

  • @sarahhurst140
    @sarahhurst140 2 роки тому +3

    Dante Alighieri is to me a kindred spirit. I read his works when I was in college at Virginia Tech. I shared this read with my sister who also read this piece and it changed our lives.

  • @polimpiastro9857
    @polimpiastro9857 3 роки тому +38

    As an Italian I'm so sorry that no translation will ever do justice to the Divine Comedy. People from all over the world should be able to know how beautiful it is...

    • @jackieweaver3884
      @jackieweaver3884 3 роки тому

      hey! i'm looking to do the Divine Comedy by myself from start to finish. Can you please suggest some resources for it like the best out of translations currently available and maybe a commentary/explanation, etc? It would really help

    • @polimpiastro9857
      @polimpiastro9857 3 роки тому +1

      @@jackieweaver3884 I'm not the right person to help you, I'm sorry. I didn't read the Divine Comedy in english :( However, Wikipedia tells me the most recent translation has been done by Alasdair Gray and published by Canongate Books in the UK

    • @jackieweaver3884
      @jackieweaver3884 3 роки тому +1

      @@polimpiastro9857 oh that's too bad! thank you for the info i will check it out, if you find anything that could help me, please tell me hahah I'm pretty desperate to do divine comedy lol

    • @tanyalaoi6652
      @tanyalaoi6652 28 днів тому

      What is gye divine comedy

  • @jnbenson1
    @jnbenson1 3 роки тому +435

    The first fan fiction crossover. Greek myths and Christian.

    • @Cancoillotteman
      @Cancoillotteman 3 роки тому +14

      Impetiently waiting for the viking and Aztek gods to lead a two-pronged attack ! That would be a good fight !

    • @Xeno455
      @Xeno455 3 роки тому +5

      @@YearsOVDecay1 Kukulkhan not Cuchulain. Kukulkan is basically another name for Quetzalcoatl. Though it's hard to prove they're different deities, it's not certain whether they were the same or not.

    • @jamesg9840
      @jamesg9840 3 роки тому +1

      Isn't Virgil's "Aeneid", just fan fiction of Homer's "Odyssey?"

    • @ricky-sanchez
      @ricky-sanchez 3 роки тому

      Rumor has it, this was written by a moor, and translated into a crude form of latin, which was later translated into all other romance languages at the time. With a little *finesse*...

    • @jnbenson1
      @jnbenson1 3 роки тому +3

      @@ricky-sanchez I doubt that Inferno was written by a moor. None of the concepts are in anyway remotely Islamic and it fits in with the style of other writings we have by Dante.

  • @SorryJayNari
    @SorryJayNari Рік тому +50

    They need to make a movie out of this. It would be terrifying but so good

    • @devinahfong1933
      @devinahfong1933 Рік тому +3

      I'm pretty sure there's an animated movie. Either that or a videogame

    • @619G_
      @619G_ Рік тому

      I wish

    • @Stormymatt
      @Stormymatt Рік тому +2

      I remember hearing about one of the first movies ever made of was about The Divine Comedy. At least Inferno and it seemed well made for its time. But I would like a modern version. Same story and setting, just with modern movie techniques and technology.

    • @michaeltowslee4111
      @michaeltowslee4111 10 місяців тому +1

      An Italian production from about 1911 exists. It is well worth a watch. While modern film based on the Inferno might be worthwhile, it wouldn't be easily translated to film. However, a recent book titled Inferno a might be more contemporary. Either way, no production company or movie company would take a chance. Finally, who would be be capable of writing a screenplay.

    • @aanushkka
      @aanushkka 9 місяців тому

      Watch as above so below the movie

  • @MrsHHicks
    @MrsHHicks 2 роки тому +21

    Greatest story ever told. It’s so terrifying yet beautiful at the same time. Gripping yet cathartic at the same time. I love this story but few people know if it.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 роки тому +309

    Dante: Devil May Cry
    Doomguy: Devil Will Cry

  • @realestalex2728
    @realestalex2728 3 роки тому +88

    I find two things interesting about this tale:
    1. Despite being rooted in judeochristian lore the story sure takes a lot of influence from Greek mythology, basically making both intersect in a shared universe.
    2. Greek heroes that were praised for being cunning and clever in Greek myths, are ostracized in this tale for being considered mischievous from a Christian perspective at the time

    • @joellaz9836
      @joellaz9836 3 роки тому +3

      Gengarin
      John Milton’s paradise lost also combines Judeochristian lore with Greek mythology.

    • @realestalex2728
      @realestalex2728 3 роки тому

      @@joellaz9836 gonna be taking a look at that for sure, I don't know why I find the concept of the two lores merging together so interesting, I guess is the aspect of transcendence of the old greek myths.

    • @parabelluminvicta8380
      @parabelluminvicta8380 3 роки тому +2

      @@joellaz9836 Virgil is roman, so we are talking about the Roman mythology.

    • @whiteironmg
      @whiteironmg 3 роки тому

      The judeo-christian tradition owes a great deal to the Greeks.

    • @whiteironmg
      @whiteironmg 3 роки тому

      And Romans and other pagan traditions.

  • @albartmardy1512
    @albartmardy1512 2 роки тому +4

    What a narration sire! You got a golden voice.

  • @ducksruleflorida4882
    @ducksruleflorida4882 3 роки тому +224

    "Dante, you did bad things and must suffer the consequences"
    "But the Bishop said it was okay!"

    • @mat7083
      @mat7083 3 роки тому +20

      Francesco: “The Bishop LIED!!!”

    • @mariano98ify
      @mariano98ify 3 роки тому +5

      I see you both are men of cultures

    • @miyamotomusashiPL7041
      @miyamotomusashiPL7041 3 роки тому +7

      -Nobody-
      Dante:....... Sniff again!

    • @Ahnubiz7
      @Ahnubiz7 3 роки тому +1

      Was that a muthafucking Dante's Inferno* reference?!?
      *available on PS3 and XBOX 360*

    • @richardkranium2944
      @richardkranium2944 3 роки тому

      Michael Coulter game was awesome

  • @pajamapantsjack5874
    @pajamapantsjack5874 3 роки тому +241

    Anyone else remember the Dante’s inferno game? Overhated and underrated imo.

    • @TheJrockfreak
      @TheJrockfreak 3 роки тому +15

      Remember it but never played it

    • @randomsmuck312
      @randomsmuck312 3 роки тому +25

      Never played it, but watched the animated movie based on it

    • @kylecray7193
      @kylecray7193 3 роки тому +29

      They need to remake or remaster this. It was an amazing game to me.

    • @clayshinn6953
      @clayshinn6953 3 роки тому +17

      Yes! Eventhough it was billed as a God Of War knock-off, it definitely held its own! It was a GREAT game!

    • @verdantspectrum8892
      @verdantspectrum8892 3 роки тому +5

      Still have it, replayed it last year. Dante's inferno was the only poetry I could stomach at school

  • @loiseilers5058
    @loiseilers5058 3 роки тому +1

    I’ve read the Divine Comedy 3 times. It is a brilliant allegory of our journey through life with all it’s ups and downs.

  • @victorpalm2293
    @victorpalm2293 2 роки тому +4

    I got so immersed in this experience. Really well done!

  • @peladz6446
    @peladz6446 3 роки тому +415

    "These bodies belonged to the falsifiers, the alchemists, the counterfeiters and the impostors"
    *sweats in being a chemist IRL*

    • @lycanhussar
      @lycanhussar 3 роки тому +39

      Lmao first thing i thought of was my chemistry teacher teaching us how to make "gold" coins out of pennies. Worst if all was my idea to make more and sell them

    • @bloodhound1182
      @bloodhound1182 3 роки тому +15

      Dante's inferno copied Among Us ?? Imposters ??

    • @darthvader2995
      @darthvader2995 3 роки тому +13

      i donno dante, u seem kinda sus

    • @mangopie6670
      @mangopie6670 3 роки тому +2

      Sweats in playing among us

    • @williamthechild4703
      @williamthechild4703 3 роки тому

      What’s that like?

  • @divisdecos5271
    @divisdecos5271 3 роки тому +62

    Last read the Divine Comedy 4 years ago. Dante was obsessed with a woman named Beatrice. She plays a significant mention in all 3 parts. The most interesting is the Inferno. But you mustn’t stop there. Purgatory & Paradise are necessary to understand the entire piece. It is a lengthy read as it is full of unfamiliar language. You will be able to understand it, but you won’t be able to just skim through. Patience and time are required.

    • @Caac0483
      @Caac0483 3 роки тому

      I've tried numerous times to finish this book and it seems to be impossible to me, I abandon the task always at the purgatory.

    • @ismaelanzaldua7959
      @ismaelanzaldua7959 3 роки тому +1

      Yea it was a great read, all 3. Read it back in 2012. The English used was fun to read.

    • @mafistowaltz4857
      @mafistowaltz4857 3 роки тому +1

      @@Caac0483 reminds me of trying to read the bible! LoL

    • @Caac0483
      @Caac0483 3 роки тому +1

      @@mafistowaltz4857 indeed

  • @daniellebyers352
    @daniellebyers352 3 роки тому +3

    Sorry, so late to the channel but I'm absolutely looking forward to the next chapter. I've attempted to read/listen to Dante for most of my adult life - with sporadic success. Thank you for your work. I feel like I might be able to make sense of it now.

  • @Lectro47
    @Lectro47 3 роки тому +1

    Just going to keep watching this until that part two comes out 👀
    Definitely the best video I've seen on this subject

  • @shradhaverma5388
    @shradhaverma5388 3 роки тому +60

    Dante's poem in not so much about the misery of hell as it is about the power of human spirit to endure any challenge, no matter how daunting.
    - Inferno( By Dan Brown)

  • @darkqwartzsytal834
    @darkqwartzsytal834 3 роки тому +2453

    Imagine if Dante's was alive at this point and he wrote this on wattpad, and nobody disagrees with him

    • @Hawaiiborn1539
      @Hawaiiborn1539 3 роки тому +10

      Q

    • @shigglezz684
      @shigglezz684 3 роки тому +24

      Wtf is wattpad

    • @darkqwartzsytal834
      @darkqwartzsytal834 3 роки тому +74

      @@shigglezz684 either a haven or a place of cringy if you ask me

    • @evermoremystic17
      @evermoremystic17 3 роки тому +119

      If he wrote it in 2020/21 he’ll probably be “canceled” for not being too feminist and have a 100 trigger warnings. 😂

    • @damianpembrook555
      @damianpembrook555 3 роки тому +1

      @@evermoremystic17 both?

  • @PfizZz
    @PfizZz Рік тому

    As a lover of all things involving journeys into hell, thank you for this video! Read Dante a couple of years ago and I loved your narration and the illustrations.

  • @arsavarese85
    @arsavarese85 2 роки тому +1

    This was great. Thank you for doing this video and the series on the Devine Comedy.

  • @KiyoshiroClips
    @KiyoshiroClips 3 роки тому +321

    "Dante meets Vergil"
    DMC fans: *M O T I V A T E D*

    • @vmgx
      @vmgx 3 роки тому +8

      I like to imagine characters from media that completely don't fit into the roles but share names while I listen. Fate/Apocrypha's Chiron isn't really into his mew job as security guard of hell, arrowing sitting ducks in boiling river, but agressive takeover by YawehCo. didn't leave him with much choice. The new administration is very racist and only lets centaurs work there. He is a hardworker but he has tired eyes cuz his heart isn't in it at all.

    • @marigenegallarin8613
      @marigenegallarin8613 3 роки тому +1

      Very clear, very informative, just the right pace, you made it very interesting! May we just request if possible to have your subtitles just to be able to go over some names & terms for further study. Thank you!

    • @Prodigi50
      @Prodigi50 3 роки тому +2

      @@vmgx I like where you where going but Charon and Chiron don’t share names.

    • @megido878
      @megido878 2 роки тому +8

      Foolishness, Dante. Foolishness...

    • @patrickfahyfeng4054
      @patrickfahyfeng4054 2 роки тому +3

      Virgil was actually a Roman writer and poet and lived during the reign of Emperor Augustus. One of his more famous works is the Aeneid, which I suggest to anyone interested to read

  • @FinMertons
    @FinMertons 3 роки тому +502

    This is basically a fan fiction about Christianity.

    • @mattmatti3525
      @mattmatti3525 3 роки тому +48

      @George III you mean real Christianity?

    • @thelonegunman2622
      @thelonegunman2622 3 роки тому +6

      Matt Matti yes.

    • @nicholasloremann4741
      @nicholasloremann4741 3 роки тому +16

      Matt Matti wouldn’t that be Greek Orthodoxy?

    • @DANtheMANofSIPA
      @DANtheMANofSIPA 3 роки тому +7

      Much better than the other famous "Christian" fanfiction Paradise Lost

    • @Rule-be6lw
      @Rule-be6lw 3 роки тому +2

      Fin go too your room of horny spiders now.

  • @georgeferrar
    @georgeferrar 2 роки тому +1

    I havent read this classic in a long time. Thanks for going through many highlights, or I should say lowlights, of this incredible journey.

  • @landontruman3632
    @landontruman3632 3 роки тому +2

    This was fantastic! I've never read Dante but now I think I will.

  • @umbertoandre7335
    @umbertoandre7335 3 роки тому +315

    Wonderful video, here in Italy we do study "La Divina Commedia" in high shcool reading all the book. We do study inferno in the third year, purgatorio in the forth and paradiso in the fifth. All in the original 15th century italian

    • @cosettapessa6417
      @cosettapessa6417 3 роки тому +5

      15th century. I doubt that.

    • @umbertoandre7335
      @umbertoandre7335 3 роки тому +37

      @@cosettapessa6417 it is actually quite similar to how Italian is nowadays, we had also a translation, the so called "parafrasi", at the end of every "canto" and the book was ritch with notes explaining the meaning of certain pieces

    • @cosettapessa6417
      @cosettapessa6417 3 роки тому +5

      @@umbertoandre7335 it was written before that century though. You use such old edition?

    • @bonk2935
      @bonk2935 2 роки тому +51

      @@cosettapessa6417 We read the original edition with also a "translation" in modern italian to better understand It.
      Dont english people do the same with old english literature like The Canterbury Tales?

    • @liamnacinovich8232
      @liamnacinovich8232 2 роки тому +6

      Italian version of Shakespeare

  • @MrSparda1989
    @MrSparda1989 3 роки тому +65

    I look forward to seeing Purgatory and Paradise. "The Divine Comedy" is one of my favorite books.

    • @inUh-nk4pc
      @inUh-nk4pc 3 роки тому

      There is no purgatory

    • @MrSparda1989
      @MrSparda1989 3 роки тому +1

      @@inUh-nk4pc Purgatory is the 2nd Book.

    • @ramyarao4499
      @ramyarao4499 3 роки тому

      i don't wanna sound dumb here, but how "difficult" is this book? i usually love modern classics and 19th century gothic lit but kinda intimidated to start this one.

    • @jacoporoncaglia3156
      @jacoporoncaglia3156 3 роки тому +1

      @@ramyarao4499 this Novel have 3 books the difficulty of the writing go up with books ,inferno is Easy,paradise Is very hard to understand even in italian

    • @ramyarao4499
      @ramyarao4499 3 роки тому

      @@jacoporoncaglia3156 Thanks!

  • @mjc11a
    @mjc11a 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent presentation! Happy to become a new subscriber and I look forward to watching part two. Thanks very much for posting and be safe 🙏

  • @indigoqueen7079
    @indigoqueen7079 2 роки тому

    I just found ur channel yesterday and I must say I’m very very fascinated!! By it! And The way u explain and tell theses stories are awesome man. Keep up the great content. I just subscribed and I’m definitely looking forward to viewing more of your videos that you upload lots of 🖤🖤

  • @BaldiTheBully
    @BaldiTheBully 3 роки тому +50

    I loved the one joke where Dante said
    "Whats the deal with airplane food"
    I died bro

    • @jonp3890
      @jonp3890 3 роки тому +1

      Andres Hernandez Comedians in Hell getting Coffee

    • @Cushla-np4pt
      @Cushla-np4pt 3 роки тому

      Lol remember when he made that political joke it was about how like caesar was feminine
      Yeah I don’t really like political jokes but that was pretty funny LMAO 😆

  • @KohanKilletz
    @KohanKilletz 3 роки тому +389

    Shouldn't Cleopatra be in the Cain area because she killed her siblings? She got off easy, probably slept with the boss

    • @12frenchy1
      @12frenchy1 3 роки тому +10

      But didn't they try to kill her as well?

    • @KohanKilletz
      @KohanKilletz 3 роки тому +22

      @@12frenchy1 It is not known who started the murder party

    • @KohanKilletz
      @KohanKilletz 3 роки тому +5

      Mainly because the story really only gets elaborated when Caesar enters the picture

    • @njwill6822
      @njwill6822 3 роки тому +3

      @Broly The Sarcastic Savage yeah but I always assumed you go to the worst possible circle you align with and since she can be considered for both the 2nd and 10th I assumed she would've been put in 10th

    • @gaiabarco2050
      @gaiabarco2050 3 роки тому +15

      Hey! Italian literature student here: actually Dante doesn't put the souls in the circle of their worst sin, but in the most rappresentative one:Cleopatra, for instance, was more known for her love affairs in the middle ages and would also work better as an exemplum. However one of the biggest virtues of the Commedia is that poetry can overcome the strictly rational approach to have a bigger value in the whole structure of the journey. (sorry for my very poor English!)

  • @coryjohnson2486
    @coryjohnson2486 2 роки тому +1

    SUPER cool to listen to while I’m working!!

  • @edwardsmith6627
    @edwardsmith6627 2 роки тому +2

    I’ve watched this every night before bed for a month and a half now and can’t sleep without it and I don’t understand why lol

  • @johnoneil9188
    @johnoneil9188 3 роки тому +15

    The Divine Comedy is one of the pieces of classical literature that has always fascinated and interested me the most. It is very cool to see how the people from that time period imagined hell to look like, even if Dante probably put some of his own flavor in there.

  • @jessiepiquette
    @jessiepiquette 3 роки тому +20

    I've played EA game Dantes Inferno, highly recommend, but I love this lot, I read that book so many times and never stop learning new thing in it,

  • @fayeangelo2810
    @fayeangelo2810 2 роки тому +1

    wonderful, thank you . I would love to watch part 2. your clear and undulated voce makes for easy listening. interesting illustrations

  • @haythemhadjbelgacem8071
    @haythemhadjbelgacem8071 Рік тому +1

    please we'd love part 3 Paradiso .. this is GOLD

  • @Johnnigelgarcia
    @Johnnigelgarcia 3 роки тому +3081

    I’m not a comedy expert, but I didn’t find this funny at all.

    • @D3adSpid3r
      @D3adSpid3r 3 роки тому +104

      At least the game got a weird scythe

    • @Gentleman...Driver
      @Gentleman...Driver 3 роки тому +387

      Comedy in ancient Greece = Happy end
      Tragedy in ancient Greece = hero dies

    • @yuwenseunie9075
      @yuwenseunie9075 3 роки тому +90

      Because in italy is " commedia". Its not the comedy u have in mind. For Italians it has also another definition

    • @NovatheDawn
      @NovatheDawn 3 роки тому +20

      Gentleman Driver oooo knew/new knowledge. Thank you

    • @Gentleman...Driver
      @Gentleman...Driver 3 роки тому +25

      @@NovatheDawn No problem. Cool thing is, that after the fall of Constantinopel the muslims took a loft of the ancient writings and studied them. From there those writings got to Italy, and it started a new age remembering and refering to the ancient scripts. Therefore this time period is called the "Renaissance".

  • @katiesctt420
    @katiesctt420 3 роки тому +460

    8 months later and im still waiting for part two lol

    • @deeal5336
      @deeal5336 3 роки тому +4

      Same

    • @tatibee75
      @tatibee75 3 роки тому +3

      Still waiting too :(

    • @mynameisbeck5871
      @mynameisbeck5871 3 роки тому +17

      I've literally been searching for part 2 and thought maybe I'll find it in the comments. Thank you for pointing out that it hasn't even been made yet! Lol

    • @deeal5336
      @deeal5336 3 роки тому +7

      @Erika Spannerman lol We're all just in the hell waiting room.

    • @andrewmurray1478
      @andrewmurray1478 3 роки тому

      Same!

  • @TheOppositeIsTrueBook
    @TheOppositeIsTrueBook 2 роки тому +1

    Great job! I’d love to see part II. THANK YOU

  • @Mutantdogfangs
    @Mutantdogfangs 2 роки тому +1

    Loved this cohesive, well put narration 💯

  • @points2sim929
    @points2sim929 3 роки тому +423

    Human: breaths*
    Dante: Ah! I See you’ve chosen hell.

    • @babibopp91
      @babibopp91 3 роки тому +6

      😂😂😂

    • @dylanroberts6672
      @dylanroberts6672 3 роки тому +6

      Ok I hate to be that guy but it kinda works that way because when we are born we are born with a sinful nature so basically we are born into sin if that makes sense and if you accept Jesus Christ as your savior you WILL go to hell

    • @KoniTheChiwa
      @KoniTheChiwa 3 роки тому +13

      @@dylanroberts6672 That is like saying: ''This is a cake and have always been, but because I think that it isn't a cake, it has never been and never will be. I'm so smart!''

    • @KJW742
      @KJW742 3 роки тому

      @@KoniTheChiwa that depends on what you mean by cake?

    • @ceciliaageofaquarius1225
      @ceciliaageofaquarius1225 3 роки тому

      Lame