6. Why did Dante write the Divine Comedy, of which the Inferno is the first part? (Please include why he decided to write it in the Italian vernacular, why there are Greek/Roman
references in the text, and if it is a religious text as it appears.

his tongue, i believe, was bloody and hanging out of his mouth.

he looked as if he were hungry.

he has several wolf-like qualities; a gray coat, sharp claws and yellow fangs.

those eyes made me feel, dear reader, like the end was near.

as i reached for a stick, he moved to the other side of the hill.

panting and hungry, he looked at me, a defenseless human and he snarled.

well i said my prayers, however, he simply turned and limped off. 

i do not see anyy sentence you are asking for me to read