The Invisible Man invokes the allusion of Dante Alighieri author of The Inferno.  In choosing to describe himself like Dante the Invisible Man links their experiences.    Like Dante, The Invisible Man writes of his descent into darkness, just as Dante writes of his descent into the recesses of hell.  The Invisible Man through his descent illuminates the injustice of man, which is reminiscent of Dante’s revelatory glimpses into the hypocrisy of man.

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