# Dante — The Inferno character guide

> Dante in The Inferno by August Strindberg.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-epigraph

## Who they are

Poet whose Divine Comedy inspires the book's structure and themes.

## In the story

### [VIII: Swedenborg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/viii-swedenborg)

Mentioned in comparison to Swedenborg's depiction of hell and the narrator's vision of oven doors.

### [XIII: The Deliverer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/xiii-the-deliverer)

His hell is compared to Swedenborg's hell, suggesting a common spiritual reality.

### [Whither?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/xv-whither)

The narrator compares his life to being whirled like the damned in Dante's hell.

## Links

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