Week 12

What details might be significance in the encounter of Francesca and Dante in Canto V?

In the work of literature “The inferno “in Canto V the details that are significance are inside the situation of Francesca and Paolo. Francesca was married to her deformed husband but got in love with his young brother Paolo. Her husband found her with her lover and stabbed them both. Therefore, that is how they go into hell. It is significance how love drive Francesca and Paolo to hell. Love is a feeling that no one can avoid and that it can take you to do crazy things such as Francesca, who was with Paolo without caring that she was already married with his brother. It is ironic how love can drive you into hell, because love is one of the keys to survive in a peaceful way, despite Paolo and Francesca should have done things right. Moreover, Francesca states in lines 121 “The bitterest woe of woes Is to remember in our wretchedness Old happy times;” According to this evidence we can see how stong is Francesca, because even though she is suffering in hell she was able to tell Dante her testimony of the story. To conclude, in Canto V we can see the theme of Love and desire and how loves drives you to accomplish your desires just like Francesca did. Despite is not always good to follow your desires, because it can have a lot of consequences like going into hell.