1265 Dante was born in a noble family in Florence. Before and after his birth, the conflict between feudal monarchy and papal rule in Italy has developed to a white-hot level. Due to the influence of his family, Dante took part in political activities very early. At that time, Florence's economy, trade and culture developed prosperously, but the political situation was very chaotic due to partisan struggle. Dante showed his political ideas in Imperialism and Divine Comedy. He believes that the secular kingship of justice and the power of the Pope should be equal and independent, and both have certain powers, but at the same time they should restrain their own power. However, in the life-and-death partisan struggle, Dante finally became a victim. 1302, his family's property was confiscated and he was exiled for life. This experience made Dante finally get out of the party and narrow personal life circle and devote himself to literary creation.
From 1308 to 132 1, it took Dante 13 years to complete his masterpiece The Divine Comedy. In his poems, he poured infinite nostalgia and longing for Italian history and future, criticized the ugliness and darkness of the real society, and showed his love for the motherland and confidence in the light.
As a product of medieval literature, Divine Comedy has a strong theological and religious color. In this sense, The Divine Comedy describes a symbolic story. A character named Dante is different from the author Dante's experience of going through hell, purgatory and finally reaching heaven to see God. Poetry shows obvious Christian thought, that is, in order to be saved, the world must overcome all kinds of temptations and repent its mistakes, so as to seek God's tolerance and enter heaven. And those who do evil are doomed to be punished forever in hell. Dante's journey in poetry symbolizes the ups and downs of life. The punishment described in "Hell" is just to remind the world of the sinister reality. On the journey of life, we need the guidance of a wise teacher like Virgil, and more importantly, Beat's trance sustenance.
Judging from the description of characters in Divine Comedy, it is closely related to the reality and history of Italy and the choice of life path, so it has a strong ideological connotation of criticizing reality and promoting justice. The Divine Comedy has unparalleled artistic achievements. Its structure is rigorous and its form and content are perfectly unified. The whole poem consists of three volumes, each with 33 articles, plus 100 prefaces. The three volumes are Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. The whole poem is written by three lines of rhyming verse tercets, with neat and symmetrical form and smooth and powerful rhythm. The repetition of "Three" in The Divine Comedy symbolizes the thought of "Trinity" in the western Christian tradition, and embodies the author's pursuit of peace, benevolence and the order of all things.