Why is the title The Divine Comedy appropriate for a work that includes a journey through Hell? Dante’s goal is to frighten read
ers. Dante pokes fun at the historical figures he describes in Inferno. At the end, Dante the Pilgrim is rewarded for his faithfulness to Beatrice. Dante the Pilgrim’s journey has a happy ending.
This is sayiny that the Pharisees are hypocrites, that what they do say are not what you see them doing. Fir they will come and say my brother and my sisters repent for the kingdom of God is at hand and the next minute you see the same person preached to you about repentance, going against the will of God.
