Many arguments have been made that Dante's Inferno flickers here and there in Milton's Paradise Lost. Although at first glance the two poems appear radically different in their depiction of Hell, scholars have made arguments that Dante's influence shines through Milton's work as well as arguments refuting these claims. All of these arguments have their own merit and although there are instances where a Dantean influence can be seen in Paradise Lost, Milton's progression of evil and Satan is quite different from Dante's. Dante's influence on Milton is noted by many scholars and is very apparent several times in Paradise Lost. However, Milton shows a progression of evil through his own vision of Satan and creates a hell less meticulously constructed than Dante's and more open to interpretation. Several scholars have made arguments that discuss the Dantesque influence seen in Paradise Lost. In examining the Dantean influence on Milton, many scholars use the scene in Paradise Lost where Satan and his companions are transformed into serpents as a direct influence of Cantos 24 and 25 of the Inferno in which the thieves must transform themselves for the eternity. There are a number of articles that explore this influence of Dante on Milton. In the article "Milton's Dantean Miniatures: Inflections on Dante's Inferno and Purgatorio Within the Cosmos of Paradise Lost" by Russell M. Hiller, he discusses how Dante's influence seems to carry over into Milton's Paradise Lost. He notes that other scholars have shown areas in which Milton appeared to have been influenced by the Italian poet. He refers to Milton's Commonplace Book in which he states that it "contains many references to Commedia" and "dream...... middle of paper...... people were to be placed in this circle of hell but it is. do not show a progression of evil, if there is one, nor how they got to this point. As for Milton's Satan, the choices he makes that ultimately transform him into this radically evil being are described. Milton certainly uses some of Dante's ideas when describing the landscape of hell or transformation into serpents or even gigantomachy and perhaps repeated themes in Paradise Lost which follow a similar cyclical pattern as in Hell within Hell but I think Milton created his own ideas regarding the major idea of ​​evil and the character of Satan, as these are radically different. So when it comes to the idea of ​​evil and Satan, Dante's influence is minimal and almost contrasts with what is happening with the idea of ​​evil, Satan and Hell..