Shakespeare and Dante

The writer of this article makes striking points about William Shakespeare inexistent relationship with Dante.  His inferences and contrasts of the two literary geniuses are quite strong when he mentions the language barrier. The article was at its strongest point when he brings up the language topic.  Dante wrote in his vernacular, Italian; while Shakespeare was English.  He also brings up a good argument when he states that Dante's work was not translated until many years later into English.  Showing the fairly similar parallels in Shakespeare's and Dante's works displays that the author is "tipping the hat to the other side" and that maybe there could have been contact since they are similar yet he still disbelieves it.  He does not delve and explore that aspect further so that is potentially the weakest part of the article.