I know Daniel's blog also talked about this, but it was on my mind as I was reading as well. In his Inferno, is Dante trying to call out the people of Florence for being sinners? By writing about the Florentine people as he goes deeper into Hell, is he trying to say that Florence is the ultimate sinful city like Sodom in the Bible? I feel like he is poking fun or ridiculing the Florentine people for something. Dante's descriptions of the Popes' in Canto 19 is almost similar to his description of the Florentine people. I think he is trying to call out the hypocrisy among his fellow people. Maybe?
He is trying to do something, I just can't put my finger on it yet.
I commented on Daniel's and Natalie's blogs.
I found his references interesting as well. I am not sure exactly what he is getting at.
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