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The second installment of the Enter the Story series is Dante's The Divine Comedy, which tells the story of the poet Dante's journey through hell (the famous "Dante's Inferno"), then through purgatory, and finally through the ten heavens until he reaches the abode of God. The word "comedy" is in the old sense of "a story that begins sad and ends happy". You also find out what happens to Jean Valjean and inspector Javert after their death from Les Miserables. And you learn more about Peri and The Great Plan. Enter The Story always follows the original story, chapter by chapter, but is more concerned with the ideas behind the story. And so, just as Dante reflected the cosmological beliefs that had evolved up to the year 1300, so the game keeps these but also brings them in harmony with a more modern understanding, and speculates even further. And just as Dante included many historical and contemporary figures, the game keeps these characters and also adds a few others from later centuries and our own day. Just as the the poem ends with the word 'stars' so the book ends with the beginning of the next game - a journey to the stars and beyond. |
