What would be one advantage of reading this scene as opposed to watching or listening to it?

first of all, dante wanted to write an account of the search for spiritual atonement and salvation, and this desire drew heavily from dante's own experiences. dante was living in exile while writing inferno and so, much like his poetic counterpart, he felt like he had lost his way and needed direction.

explanation:

yóu can speak tó no one, replíed the kní