Question

INFERNO CANTO II : Explain what role the narrator believes he is playing in telling the story. Describe how this belief will affect the story.

Answer 1

Our narrator is primarily character- Dante
because he's the one documenting his feelings as he experiences hell.

But his observations are often informed by the historic knowledge of author-Dante, who has already lived these events.

Example : when talking to Brunetto Latini, Dante lets slip that he wants to show his work to Beatrice.
Which won't happen until Purgatorio.



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