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As he journeys through Hell (the Inferno) Dante encounters a number of characters and lost souls, who actually existed in real life. This article discusses the identity of the characters and their significance in Dante's Inferno.

The Main Characters

Dante -- the author appears in his own book as the protagonist.

He is the only living person in the Inferno, as he is allowed to enter, unharmed, the Gates of Hell and witness the suffering that awaits sinners. He is guided through hell by the soul of the Roman poet Virgil, one of the great poets, whom Dante seeks to emulate.

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Dante the poet and Dante the character have

Virgil -- Virgil serves as Dante's guide through Hell. The real Dante was a poet who lived in northern Italy during the Roman era. Virgil was regarded as the greatest Roman poet, and his classic, the Aeneid which tells of the mythological journey of a group of Trojan survivors after the fall of Troy as they journey from their homeland to Italy, where they found