Annotation: Dante?s Inferno, Page 81, L 31 to Page 82, L 63 :: essays research papers

The encounter betwixt Dante, the main character, and Filippo Argenti, a member of the condemned, deals with Dantes response to Argentis say in hell, his disdain for Argenti, and his symbolic rejection of sin by his actions. Dante has no bounty towards Argenti even though Argenti is condemned to stay in the slimy River of Styx until the Judgment. Dante holds abundant petulance towards Argenti carried on from conflicts they have had in life to the putrid circles of hell. The hostility Dante demonstrates label his progression in his journey of purification. With his unprecedented denouncement of a sinner, Dante has prove his journey through hell has not been traveled in vain, scarcely effectively to cleanse his sins from his soul.Dante reacts with curses upon hearing the c tout ensembleing of Filippo Argenti. As Dante crosses the River of Styx on a boat with his guide, Virgil, Argenti cries out to Dante from the river for Argenti had recognized a live man on the boat. Upon iden tifying his partner in conversation, Dante changes his tone and curses Argenti. Dante says, May you Argenti weep and wail to all eternity, for I know you, hell-dog, filthy as you are. Dante explicitly curses Argenti, inducing different sinners also condemned to the River of Styx to attack Argenti. As Argenti wails in response to the attack, Dante sails away and convey God that the loathsome spirit is mangled.Dantes actions display a great disdain for Argenti, which had been brought into hell from life on the world above. Dante curses Argenti with rage and unvoiced resentment, obvious evidence that Dante and Argenti do not get along. Dante denounces Argenti and refers to him as a hell-dog. Dante has such immense contempt for Argenti that he refuses to even speak his name. In life, Dante and Argenti had been bitter political enemies, and Dantes sharp remarks are meant to insult Argenti and his political group. Dante took special measures to make his disdain for Argenti as clear as possible.By denouncing a sinner, Argenti, for the first time, Dante has shown evidence of purification. Because denouncing a sinner is an acknowledgement of a sin, the sin is expelled. Thus, Dante purifies himself of being wrathful from his own soul by denouncing Argenti. Dantes journey through the first five circles of hell has hardened Dantes heart towards sinful men.