Writers during the colonial period can be divided into which 2 main groups? a. the poets and the ministers. b. the explorers and the puritans. c. the northerners and the southerners. d. the professionals and the amateurs.

first of all, dante wanted to write an account of the search for spiritual atonement and salvation, and this desire drew heavily from dante's own experiences. dante was living in exile while writing inferno and so, much like his poetic counterpart, he felt like he had lost his way and needed direction.

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