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I don't believe in magic, but I DO believe in bones.
Posted by: Cadetak
It's no big deal, I forget they are poems as well.
I believe the start has some of the most obvious similarities to Inferno. Dante being gloomy on the verge of suicide...Rookie half dead on a failed mission. Dante's encounters the three beasts and has to evade them...Rookie runs into Brutes. Dante is in a dark wood at night while Rookie in a dark city at night("concrete jungle"). Virgil helps Dante and leads him through Hell...Virgil guides Rookie through signs, giving him the map, and showing him to the clues.
What made me realize the connection was the Audiophiles and when I first heard the name Vergil and the emmediate reference to Hell made on the first file. I found the Audiophile story to be dumb but then I noticed that they were trying to show each type of sin with the random characters they just through in.
I haven't read the Divine Comedy since school however I did do an article on it a year back I'm sure there are more direct references we can find...I think there were a few in the other Halo games as well if I remember correctly.
Ahh, I see what you mean. I was thinking of the beginning of the game as the little conversation in the ship before you drop. It makes sense, but almost feels like more of a coincidence than it being implied. If someone could confirm that the number of groups of covenant you run into before finding Vergil is 3 (I think it may change depending on difficulty levles), then this could very well be a connection too =)
[Edited on 09.29.2009 7:34 AM PDT]