(Illustration by Gustave Doré via Wikimedia Commons)
-Main character comes upon a dark wood with no clear path
-It was so terrifying that just thinking of it brings fear to a person
-"Scarcely less bitter than death"
-The narrator is not quite sure how they entered the place
-The narrator was practically overwhelmed with fear on multiple occasions
-He ran into a spotted leopard
-Then a lion appeared
-Then the narrator meets Virgil
-Dante began to weep and Virgil told him to take another route in order to escape
-The creature he talks about is never fully satisfied by food and only grows hungrier with more food
-The Greyhound is the only thing that will make the creature die in pain
-Virgil offers to be the guide
-The journey will be tough and they will see a variety of things along the way
-Dante just wants to escape that place and see the Gate of St. Peter
-Virgil began to leave and Dante followed
Bibliography: Dante and Virgil from "Dante's Divine Comedy, translated by Tony Kline; link to the reading online
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