Change In Dante's Inferno

Dante, the famous poet, wrote his Divine Comedy hundreds of years ago, and while it seemed accurate, some parts of it that may not apply anymore due to how civilization changed throughout the years. Culture evolved in such a way that Dante would not recognize any actions because of the foreignness to the 14th Century. Due to this change, the structure of the inferno needs to change to fit with the current world. While some parts of the inferno will inevitably change, other parts will remain the same. Upon initial inspection, Dante’s era contrasts greatly from the modern one. Everyone respected each other much more to the point where they did not just kill each other in masses. Crime still existed; however, the amount of crime today outweighs the amount of crime during Dante’s time. During Dante’s time, with the black death, or he plague, on the rise, many people died. Also, the Hundred Years War between England and France already commenced, and continued to rage on. Interestingly enough, Islamic extremist affected the areas around them, but not to the level that they do today. With this in mind, Dante’s current inferno would …show more content…
These people select, and harm people in ways that cause them to live in fear the rest of his or her life, and also make it so he or she must relive the horror of the attack throughout their lives as well. While victims of rape live the rest of his or her life scared, there remains plenty of different ways the rape can stay with a victim physically, especially women through pregnancy. Women who get pregnant through rape unwillingly receive a remembrance of the horrible event throughout the rest of their lives, as long as they do not abort the baby. Men and women rape people, and force their victims to live through the emotional and physical pain for the rest of his or her life which can be viewed as a diabolical