DeVaney-Lovinguth
World Literature I
3 May 2016
Dante’s Inferno Dante Alighieri is the author of The Divine Comedy, which is considered as a literary epic scale. This is characterized among the central texts that have been presumed from the Western literature and it is described as the unique and largest poem during the middle ages. Dante is considered as an activist, writer, and theologian who were born around 1625 in Florence and his literary works have always been used over the years in diverse directives. The historical context portrayed from the poem has discussed several aspects regarding the Christian and some experiences that have been encountered from the religious beliefs. The analogies from the poem have affirmed …show more content…
The modern scholars have alighted on some significant aspects that have been embedded on eternity and this has some interest that is a rain of fire. Nevertheless, the intrusion portrayed from the poem shows a guiding principle that has highlighted on the punishments and this has been characterized as one balance. The issue of sinners and punishment has been matched to the sin’s nature in order to indicate a befitting gravity from that context. The poem’s design, therefore, serves to enhance the correspondence that emerges from the degree and its geographical structure and various kinds of Hell. Due to this intrusion of balance, some chosen punishments from God have been characterized as rigidly objective, impersonal, mechanical and with no extenuating situations in Hell. Thus, the punishment from that narrative has been considered as a scientific …show more content…
From this intrusion, we can learn that human sympathy has been linked with souls that are seen around. The characters have been endured as lesser and this welcomes the issue of development that asserts on infinite wisdom. This has been based on divine justice and the punishment received by the sinners following the perfect proportion that has been elaborated due to lack of understanding (Alighieri, 9-7).
Dante’s work has indicated significant influence to several directives. The imaginative taxonomy that has been embedded on human evil has been characterized following some principles that tend to give examples on the Hell cycle. Understanding this affirmative can be realized from Dante’s intrusion that depends on the Christian doctrinal values. The priorities from the moral system have therefore been considered to be less evil since they do not extend individuals’ justification. Therefore, the Inferno applies to some significant moral arguments that declare the essence of evil to avoid contradiction and follow the earthly consequences based on behavior and God’s will (Gramsci,