What do you think was Dante's purpose in writing Inferno?

Dante
wrote  during a period of personal and political upheaval, and the work
reflects many of the issues in Florentine political life, literary history, and Dante's personal
life.

On a political level, Italy at this period was not unifiedunification
was not completed until 1871but instead consisted of various small states often involved in
rivalries against each other or affiliations with different larger European states. Florence,
Dante's native city, was caught up in a contest between two factions know as the the Guelphs and
Ghibellines, with the Guelphs tending to...