Inferno

predestined road, yet they refuse its ideology. The Inferno, an ancient epic poem written by Dante Alighieri, describes a journey through the various circles of Hell, but there is one part of Hell that is very briefly described: The Vestibule. The Vestibule is the false home to those labeled “uncommitted”; the lost souls who travel the boundaries of Hell searching for their meaning. In lines 32-48 of Ciardi's translation of the third canto of the Inferno, Virgil explains to Dante that there are…

Rachel Gold December 10, 2015 Mrs. Doucette Inferno reflection piece Option 1 Is there a relationship between sin and punishment? I think so. Each sinner of their circle had to match a punishment to their crime. In the first circle (Limbo) are the unbaptized and the virtuous pagans. The first circle are punished by living in a fake form of Heaven. A good example of how the two are connected. In the second circle the lust are punished. They receive a violent wind in this tornado and they are…

Dante paints a vivid picture of hell, depicting it as nine circles spiraling down into the center of the Earth. We journey into the inferno alongside Dante, who represents sin, and our guide, Virgil, who represents human reasoning. As we travel deeper into the inferno, the punishments become more severe as the sin becomes more grievous. In the beginning, Dante pities the plight of the sinner, much to Virgil’s dismay, however, as we continue on our journey, Dante slowly recognizes that the…

guide Dante in a journey through hell. Virgil also mentions that his lover, Beatrice, is one of the three women that saw Dante lost. Virgil guides Dante into the gates of Hell. They start in the outskirts of the realm of Hell, the place before Inferno, this is where the souls that could not decide good or evil are punished by running in a never ending chase after a blank banner, day after day. Hornets also sting them and…

series of 3 books--Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso--made up of 33 cantos each, that describes life after death in an allegorical manner. The Divine Comedy was written by Dante Alighieri, an Italian author from the 1300s. The protagonist of the Divine Comedy is Dante, an allegoric representation of the author himself used to portray the author’s views on Christianity and sin. Dante further uses his character to demonstrate humanity's flaws through his nine layers of the Inferno. By witnessing…

The Canto starts off as a conversation between Dante and Virgil that has begun to last all day. The sun is setting and that causes Dante to prepare for the upcoming night. This giving him the virtue, Dante invokes the Muses help. Being afraid and doubtful of his ability he enlists the help of Virgil in a long way why he was the one chosen for the journey. He begins to compare himself to Aeneas, from Virgil’s Aeneid and also St. Peter both traveled in the Underworld and Heaven. Dante begins to…

“Thus, if the present world has gone astray, in you is the cause, in you let it be sought, and now I will be a true spy of it for you.” (Purg 16.82-85) For this canto, it is important to keep in mind that Dante is not just in the middle of his journey through Purgatory, but also the entire afterlife. Purgatorio 16 is the 50th canto of all the comedy and takes place in the third terrace, which is for wrathfulness. Here Dante encounters Marco from Lombardy, who is suspected to have been a…

The environment affects the ways people react towards society and each other. In the prison of Chateau d'If, Dantes had occupied a cold, dark chamber with no human contact and received malnourishing food and little water which, if not already, drove him mad. Everyone around him refused to listen to the truth, with the idea infused in their heads that he was guilty and there was nothing more to him than a traitor. This jurassic change in environment tinted Dante’s optimistic views to a more…

or greatness of soul, in any course of action, or in connection with any pursuit, work, or enterprise” (Oxford English Dictionary). When going on a journey, the hero must express the inner strength needed to continue on for a greater good. In The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, a poet named Dante ventures on a journey through Hell in order to find Enlightenment. Although this was a difficult but rewarding experience, he goes on this journey without great inner strength and mainly relied on Virgil,…

Was Dante Trying to Scare the Hell Out of Us? (A discussion of how Dante’s The Inferno, is used as a moral propaedeutic) “Heaven would be wonderful, but it looks even more wonderful when there is also a threat of Hell. People probably believe in Heaven more when they have just been threatened with Hell.” (Heflick). People of the church are often known for their ability to make individuals who do not attend church feel lesser and more sinful than themselves. This seems to be the case because…