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* [[Hero's Muse]]: Dante is sent on his quest for redemption through the afterlife by Beatrice, who enlists the help of the poet Virgil to guide him through Hell and Purgatory, and guides Dante through Heaven herself.
* [[Hijacked by Jesus]]: Despite the generally Christian nature of this work, Dante borrows aspects of Hell (including the four rivers and various creatures) from the Greek underworld.
* [[Historical Villain Upgrade]]: Exactly who is in Hell and who isn't depends on Dante's opinion of them, and quite a few are not regarded as especially evil by modern readers. For instance, the biggest example may be Brutus, Judas Iscariot and Cassius
* [[In the Past Everyone Will Be Famous]]: Everyone in the afterlife is either a well-known historical figure or someone who would be familiar to Dante's readers. It gets a [[Justified Trope|justification]] as Dante's guides point out these exemplary figures. They also usually have more important places in Heaven or more picturesque punishments in Hell. There are some exceptions, though—the hoarders and spenders, for instance, are so featureless that they can barely be distinguished from each other, and Dante does pause to talk with a nameless Florentine suicide.
* [[Ironic Hell]]: A quite famous one at that.
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