It is evident that the great chain of being was an important aspect of Dante's time. After doing some research on the structure of the circles of hell, I found that Inferno looks like a pinched version of the great chain of being. Furthermore, The structures of all three of Dante's canticles shared the same "pinches" structure
Purgatory
Paradise. I feel that Paradise resembles the great chain of being exactly. Dante made these structure similar to indicate the parallels the great chain of being and all three canticles have.
Inferno

the great chain of being
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