This paper examines how in Dante's "Inferno", Virgil's function as a character is multiple and how it involves two major
components, each of which undergoes a dynamic development over the course of the poem. It looks at how he is Dante's authoritative guide through Hell and up the mountain of Purgatory and how he is also the real, historical author of the "Aeneid". It shows how a biased
relationship develops between the two characters, where one individual becomes more depended than the other and how specifically, a father and son relationship forms between Virgil and Dante.