The sins and their deserved Contrapassos
When referring to The Portable Dante, written by Dante himself and edited by Mark Musa, contrapasso is one of the few rules to be explicit. The thought of having an eye for an eye, what sin you commit in life, you get the opposite down in the proper circle of hell and how it was thought of to be proper justice. The contrapassos of the final circle of hell, which is pride, and therefore host the worst sinners there are. The contrapassos simony and pride are two of the worst sins one can commit and while lust is only at the beginning of inferno, it is still a deadly sin. The Portable Dante shows this through wildly explicit details of vivid images through words and dialogue. The Portable Dante shows these sins …show more content…
From what Virgil says, the giants can no longer understand languages nor can they speak them. This is their punishment; being unable to communicate and stuck in the same spot for all of eternity. “But let’s leave him alone and not waste breath, for he can no more understand our words than anyone can understand his language.” (31: 79-81). This bottom circle is the pit of hell so therefore hosts Satan. Pondering what it would mean for all of the sinners to become giants, it poses a question of what the sinners have done to be cast into inferno. When we speak about pride as the root of all sins, we mean it to symbolize a type of perverted love towards self and not the love that God intended for us to feel with the virtues. Pride makes you swell with love of yourself which makes sense why the sinners of pride are giants; they are shown as consequences of loving and indulging into themselves too much. This is a fit punishment as it is showing quite literally when someone says you are “big-headed” or being “full of yourself”. You body grows so much so as to contain the pride and love of
When referring to The Portable Dante, written by Dante himself and edited by Mark Musa, contrapasso is one of the few rules to be explicit. The thought of having an eye for an eye, what sin you commit in life, you get the opposite down in the proper circle of hell and how it was thought of to be proper justice. The contrapassos of the final circle of hell, which is pride, and therefore host the worst sinners there are. The contrapassos simony and pride are two of the worst sins one can commit and while lust is only at the beginning of inferno, it is still a deadly sin. The Portable Dante shows this through wildly explicit details of vivid images through words and dialogue. The Portable Dante shows these sins …show more content…
From what Virgil says, the giants can no longer understand languages nor can they speak them. This is their punishment; being unable to communicate and stuck in the same spot for all of eternity. “But let’s leave him alone and not waste breath, for he can no more understand our words than anyone can understand his language.” (31: 79-81). This bottom circle is the pit of hell so therefore hosts Satan. Pondering what it would mean for all of the sinners to become giants, it poses a question of what the sinners have done to be cast into inferno. When we speak about pride as the root of all sins, we mean it to symbolize a type of perverted love towards self and not the love that God intended for us to feel with the virtues. Pride makes you swell with love of yourself which makes sense why the sinners of pride are giants; they are shown as consequences of loving and indulging into themselves too much. This is a fit punishment as it is showing quite literally when someone says you are “big-headed” or being “full of yourself”. You body grows so much so as to contain the pride and love of