Thesis Log

In the first canto, I was immediately intruiged by the first lines alone. "i woke to find myself in a dark wood, for i had wandered off from the straight path." Not neccesarily a spark for a thesis, but moreso a realization. Although this quote was written so long ago, it amazes me that so many faces and hearts can feel and empathize with the meaning of the passage. Whatever the "straight path" is, why is it that after 800+ years, so many still find themselves straying from it? Superficially, it seems humans have come so far since this was written, yet so many identifying with the quote directly suggests otherwhise. The evolution of the mind possibly? I'd like to look into that some more.