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impede that “bad hombres” and “very bad hombres” access to America’s territory, mostly from Mexico. In Addition, Mr. Trump expresses Mexico will pay “the great wall” not a fence. He has supporters at all levels of American society. For example, Silvio Canto Jr. states, “very bad men bring drugs north and take weapons south. The wall will make their daily routine a lot more complicated” Position. [“The wall is kind of symbolic language, even though we heard it again and again and again. And it's…

1. In the epic poetry, The Inferno of Dante translation by Robert Pinsky (1320), Dante Alighieri implies that the sinners in Hell are selfish and only care about themselves which is also one of the biggest reasons that they ended up in Hell. Alighieri supports this claim by introducing the ten pouches in the eighth circle as they are all connected through fraud which is basically is deceiving others for financial or personal gain which is very much being selfish. The author purposely emphasizes…

showed disdain towards God. Virgil explained the situation of Capaneus to Dante when stating, “‘O, Capaneus,/because your pride remains unquenched/you suffer greater punishment./In your own anger lies your agony,/a fitting torment for your rage.’” (Canto XIV) This quote emphasizes that Capaneus feelings and emotions ultimately steered him in the wrong direction. The last group of sinners Dante meets in this circle are sodomites and sinners. At the time, there was a great distinction between the…

The Waste Land invokes a feeling of nostalgia for a time gone by coupled with a sense of dissonance for what the world has become. The last vestiges, like the fragments stand as reminders that we can never go back. This embrace of the fragmentation offers no resolve but rather demonstrates a sort of encumbered acceptance of the world as it is now with ever so brief glimpses of hope, which come and go. Even the structure of the poem itself is as presented as fragmentary, a reflection of the…

As soon as you walk in to the lovely restaurant called Postino’s, you are immediately slowed down from the city of phoenix’s crazy hurry everyone consistently seems to be in. You step up to the restaurant and are greeted by a cheerful appearance waiting to do nothing more than to assist you. They talk to you with a friendly face asking, how many people? Inside booth or outside? Bar or table? Then you are walked through a casual dining area were waiters are laughing and shredding some good old…

reader is presented an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. As the pair descend through Hell, Dante is exposed to the brutal suffering that is a reality for those who have defied the divine law. In Canto V of the book, Dante and Virgil enter the second circle of Hell: home to the souls of the lustful, or the promiscuous and impulsive. According to the model of the church, the lustful are always considered sinners regardless of individual…

“On march the banners of the King of Hell!” (Canto 34, Inferno) Inferno has given us the idea to invade Kansas, and invade Kansas is what we shall do. Kansas has begun to revolt against the banning of red bull from the public school system. With Virgil and my invading army at my side we will make sure the innocent (those who don’t want red bull in school systems) get transported to a more refined state such as Nebraska, where we believe that red bull is a character flaw; while those who have…

Death is a part of the human life cycle. Death is an existence that no man or woman can ever escape. We human have the capacity to destroy or create during our time of the living. Several of us believe that what we do here on earth died with us. Others believe that there is another life after death and our action, when we are alive, determine if we go to a higher place or struck down to the bottom of hell. The idea of going to hell does not strike many people as a place that we want to be…

Textual Analysis Purgatory is where “the human spirit purges himself, and climbing to Heaven makes himself worthy”(The World of Dante). In Dante, Purgatory is divided into three sections called Antepurgatory, Purgatory Proper, and Earthly Paradise. Inside purgatory the upper part of the mountain contains seven terraces, each consisting of one of the seven capital sins (The World of Dante). After visiting the first terrace, that of the prideful, Dante the pilgrim and Virgil arrive at the second…

brooded on her loss, misery had brewed in her heart, that female horror, Grendel’s mother (“Beowulf” 303-306).” In her anger and need for revenge, she kills Hrothgar’s closest friend and advisor, and retrieves the severed arm of her slain son (“Beowulf” Canto…