Identify the specific context and the significance of the fo…

Identify the specific context and the significance of the following quotation from the Inferno (4-6 good sentences): “Turn your back and keep your eyes shut tight;   for should the Gorgon come and you look at her,   never again would you return to the light.”    “This was my Guide’s command.  And he turned me about    himself, and would not trust my hands alone,    but, with his placed on mine, held my eyes shut.