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Differences and Similarities in The Odyssey and InfernoWhen going through the stories The Odyssey by kor and Inferno by Dante, you get the feeling of how diverse, yet similar the cardinal stories are. When exercise The Odyssey, you check Ulysses trying to get home to his love, Penelope. He has been bygone for twenty years, and through those years, he has struggled with advanced and evil, just like Dante in Inferno. Ulysses finds himself time after time fighting off gods and their children. Dante, struggling with good and evil, works his way through the nine levels of hell. He is struggling to find where his faithfulness lies. He also is trying to find his way to his love, Beatrice. When reading The Odyssey and Inferno, we find many similarities and differences, from the main characters characteristics, to the experiences within religion during Dante and Homers times.Ulysses, in The Odyssey, is the hero who has been trying to get home to his love, Penelope, and also his erotic love country. He has found himself at war with many different gods and people, including Neptune, who is not yet ...