Dante and politics

Develop the following topics in your response paper:

  1. After reading Canto 6 of Dante's Inferno, we saw the poet attacking fiercely the city of Florence - which was
    his homeland - accusing the populace and in particular the political class of greed and corruption. Jumping
    ahead 7 centuries, the United States have recently "enjoyed" his own arrays of political scandals and
    borderline situations (i.e.: a contested presidential election; ransacking of the Capitol; cases of corruption; etc.).
    Draw a personal parallel between Dante's vision of politics and one or more aspects of American politics either
    by analogy or by contrast.
    Mandatory formatting rules (-2% for each point not respected):
  • use Times New Roman 12;
  • make it double space;
  • justify the text;
  • format margins at 1 inch all around.
  • Write no less than 1 page and no more than 1 page and a half (circa 45 lines, title not included).
  • Give it a meaningful title;
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