Is There a Difference Between Inferno and Dante?

Each character has their own voice. Virgil is sounding like the calm in a wise teacher, even when he's in hell and seeing the most blood curdling violence. In inferno, for instance, you have fernata, the now dead, gibeline,. And he's very arrogant. They have an edge to their voice. I think that when you over concentrate on substituting one word for another, you miss those opportunities to bring the poem to life. That's the crux of it. i want people to see that this is a great reed... It's about a man who's having this breakdown. He sees no way out. Once you read purgator