Term papers: Contemplate the nature of immortality.
Although nearly two thousand years separate The Odyssey and Dante’s Inferno, both works are epic poems that:
- Explore the relationship between humanity and the divine. Employ journey as a metaphor for maturation.
- Reveal and teach cultural values about leadership.
- Caution audiences about the appeal of temptation.
- Contemplate the nature of immortality.
- Compare and contrast how one of these topics is developed in The Odyssey and Dante’s Inferno.
