Human beings have a tendency to succumb to temptation. We tend to lose ourselves into the desire of temporary fulfillment against our own reason. In Dante's Inferno, Dante discusses the circles of Hell and the sinners that must face eternal condemnation there. The way they lived on Earth determines the condition of their souls. Throughout this story, Dante uses vivid imagery to depict the severity and consequences of sins. In Dante's Inferno, Dante Alighieri shows us how the sinners face harsh punishments as the price they have to pay for selling away their morals. For example, in canto xiii, the sinners are embodied in oak trees for committing suicide. Minos left their souls there and they took root and grew. They explain their situation
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But it would not be just if we again put on the flesh we robbed from our souls"(lines 103-105). They abandoned their own bodies, so now they do not have the right to go claim their bodies. There souls and bodies will never reunite with one another, since they gave up their bodies willingly. This is the price the souls must face for committing suicide. They were ungrateful to God for the life God gave them. In Christian beliefs, suicide is strongly frowned upon and it is viewed as equivalent or even worse than murder. The harpies torment the sinners. When the harpies eat the leaves of the oak trees, they receive extreme pain. They face constant criticism from the harpies like how they used to berate themselves on Earth. In some sense,the pain the harpies inflict gives the sinners relief, since they can only make their suffering known when they are in pain. In addition, in canto xxviii, the sinners there split people apart socially and caused social discord. Some of the sinners in the circle are Mohammed and Alí. Mohammed founded Islam and caused a great schism involving …show more content…
There are two sinners in the Third Ring. They are Fra Alberigo and Branca d' Oria. Their crimes are so heinous that their souls have to enter Hell before their time. Their betrayal caused them to descend to Ptolomea and be replaced by demons taking over their body. Fra Alberigo killed his brother at a banquet he hosted. Branca O' Oria killed his father-in-law at a banquet he hosted. The souls aren't deserving of their bodies because they used it for evil. They took someone’s body, so like in the same manner their bodies are taken over by demons. It's almost like retribution and the idea of karma. As well as that in canto xxiii,the sinners are hypocrites. They are forced to wear a heavy cloak made of lead. It is so heavy that every time they walk there is a creaking sound. When they walk, they feel the weight of their hypocrisy. Their guilt weighs them down. So, they have no choice but to eternally feel the burden they inflicted. The cloak makes them appear like monks. Monks are supposed to live a simple life and vow poverty, yet they are wearing cloaks that appear to be made of gold. The cloak itself is hypocritical. It appears to be made of gold, but in reality, it is made of lead. Hypocrites appear to be something that they are not. In addition, in canto xvii, the sinners in that circle committed fraud. Geryon guards the circle of fraud and he is the embodiment of fraud. He has the face of an
But it would not be just if we again put on the flesh we robbed from our souls"(lines 103-105). They abandoned their own bodies, so now they do not have the right to go claim their bodies. There souls and bodies will never reunite with one another, since they gave up their bodies willingly. This is the price the souls must face for committing suicide. They were ungrateful to God for the life God gave them. In Christian beliefs, suicide is strongly frowned upon and it is viewed as equivalent or even worse than murder. The harpies torment the sinners. When the harpies eat the leaves of the oak trees, they receive extreme pain. They face constant criticism from the harpies like how they used to berate themselves on Earth. In some sense,the pain the harpies inflict gives the sinners relief, since they can only make their suffering known when they are in pain. In addition, in canto xxviii, the sinners there split people apart socially and caused social discord. Some of the sinners in the circle are Mohammed and Alí. Mohammed founded Islam and caused a great schism involving …show more content…
There are two sinners in the Third Ring. They are Fra Alberigo and Branca d' Oria. Their crimes are so heinous that their souls have to enter Hell before their time. Their betrayal caused them to descend to Ptolomea and be replaced by demons taking over their body. Fra Alberigo killed his brother at a banquet he hosted. Branca O' Oria killed his father-in-law at a banquet he hosted. The souls aren't deserving of their bodies because they used it for evil. They took someone’s body, so like in the same manner their bodies are taken over by demons. It's almost like retribution and the idea of karma. As well as that in canto xxiii,the sinners are hypocrites. They are forced to wear a heavy cloak made of lead. It is so heavy that every time they walk there is a creaking sound. When they walk, they feel the weight of their hypocrisy. Their guilt weighs them down. So, they have no choice but to eternally feel the burden they inflicted. The cloak makes them appear like monks. Monks are supposed to live a simple life and vow poverty, yet they are wearing cloaks that appear to be made of gold. The cloak itself is hypocritical. It appears to be made of gold, but in reality, it is made of lead. Hypocrites appear to be something that they are not. In addition, in canto xvii, the sinners in that circle committed fraud. Geryon guards the circle of fraud and he is the embodiment of fraud. He has the face of an