Dante's Inferno has been able to captivate our imaginations for years because it explores, in detail, the depths of the unknown.
As humans, we are naturally curious about things that are unknow or inexplainable. In exploring realms that the living will never be able to explore, Dante takes his audience on the spiritual ride of a lifetime--a journey that is, otherwise, impossible to embark on.
The Inferno is also captivating because of the great deal of detail that Dante is able to present his audience with. For the longest time, the underworld, purgatory, and paradise have been realms left for each individual to picture in his/her own way. The Inferno, with all of it's concrete refrences and allusions to mythology and other things, provides a universal image of these realms, with The Inferno being the appropriately dark image of Hell and all it's ugliness.
Also, The Inferno captures the feelings of the doomed souls in a completely real way. Just as most individuals might've imagined, Hell is a place full of repentful, sorrowful, regretful souls. The Inferno captures just that in all of Dante's conversations with the shades and in the details that he relays.
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