Hell In John Milton's Inferno

Traditionally, Hell in a secular conversation of the modern world comes across as jokingly or one of the largest insults to be made, and in the religious world comes across as one of the scariest and touchiest subjects. Even after centuries since the authorship of The Divine Comedy the feeling that the name of Hell brings remains the same, uncomfort and largely, fear. The Catholic Catechism and belief discusses how God created Hell for the fallen angels as a gift for what they intended, complete separation from God, which remains the same for the sinners who enter today (Catechism). Since God created Hell he remains the supreme ruler of Hell, even though Hell is the lack of God (Catechism). In Paradise Lost, Milton discusses Hell as a miserable place full of anguish, which is why I think modern people try to separate of God as his …show more content…
They are afraid of him, because of the power they know the figure asserts. The figure has the power to inflict more punishment then they are already given. Secondly, the ambassador would be received with hate. Many of those in Hell must have ended up there in some sort of denial of God or working against him in their earthly life. While they are rightly placed in Hell, I am sure they have pent up anger against those who reside in happiness with God eternally rather than their eternal punishment. For that reason, I believe there would be some hate, but I also believe this would be difficult to carry out with the fear that still remains. Thirdly, I believe that the ambassador would also be greeted with begging. Those who did not truly believe and God and resented his name also end up in Hell. Those souls would probably give anything to reach eternal life with God, so I assume that they would jump at the chance to ask forgiveness and pardon from a divine figure such as a heavenly ambassador. In many ways the damned souls would greet a divine person because they have many emotions, that start with Heaven, to feel