# Dante Alighieri — Representative Men character guide

> Dante Alighieri in Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Dante

**First appearance:** 0007-vii-goethe-or-the-writer

## Who they are

Italian poet, mentioned as a model of visionary writing.

## In the story

### [V: Shakespeare; or, the Poet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/representative_men_se/chapters/v-shakespeare-or-the-poet)

Listed among poets who saw the splendor of meaning in the visible world, sharing in the halfness and imperfections of humanity.

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