Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Pope Nicholas III has committed Simony, and is not taking responsibility for his actions. Dante shows that Pope Nicholas III has committed simony in the opening phrase where he refers to Simon Magus, whom this sin is named after. He says, “O Simon Magus! O his sad disciples! Rapacious ones, who take the things of God, that ought to be the brides of Righteousness, and make them fornicate for gold and silver” (Dante 19. 1-4)! Simon Magus is a reference to Christianity where in the Bible he offered…

“Fortune sides with him who dares.” -Virgil (“Virgil Quotes”). This is one of Virgil's most famous quotes. Virgil devoted his life to poetry. He wrote about his family and friends, and peace in Rome. He is known as Romes greatest and most influential poet. Virgil's poetry was inspired by three main things: the places he lived at and traveled to, peace in Rome, and Homer. The first things that inspired Virgil were the places he lived at, and travel to. Virgil was born into a modest farming…

Even though Dante himself was a politician, it is very apparent that he has some disdain for many politicians in Italy at the time. Dante makes a habit of calling out numerous politicians through his decent further into Hell. Dante makes it clear that even though he is a poet first and foremost, his political interests are always important Dante treats all the sinners in Hell differently. Some he wishes he could talk to more, like Brunetto in the 7th circle. There are some that he feels bad for…

Canto 18 Dante and Virgil are outside the eighth Circle of Hell, known as Malebolge. The circle has a wall along the outside, and has a circular pit in the center. The ridges create ten separate pits. This is where the people receive their punishment for fraud. This is where Virgil and Dante see souls from one side to another. The demons with great whips cause pain to the souls when they come to the demon’s reach, which then force the souls to the other ridge. There is an Italian that Dante…

XXVI begins with Dante sarcastically praising his native city Florence for having so many of its citizens populating Hell: with so many thieves, Florence has earned such a widespread fame not only on Earth but also in Hell! The poet Virgil, Dante’s guide through Hell and Purgatory, now leads him along the ridges to the Eighth Pouch, where they see thousands of little flames flickering in a deep, dark valley, and reminding Dante of fireflies on a hillside. Virgil informs Dante that each flame…

Dante creates a certain type of connection between a soul’s sin on Earth and, the punishment he or she shall receive in Hell. This idea provides many of Inferno’s moments of the imagery between good and evil, the symbolic power of each circle and what it represents, not only to Dante but the reader; as well as shedding a light on one of Dante’s major themes expressed throughout the book: the perfection of God’s justice. “The inscription over the gates of Hell in Canto III explicitly states that…

Chuck Palahniuk’s interesting novel Damned, reimagines common archetypes of hell. Palahniuk gives a more modern view on what it’s like to be trapped in hell. Madison Spencer, the protagonist, after an untimely death is trapped in hell. Throughout the novel she meets famous people and demons from history. Palahniuk’s satire pokes fun at society, while still telling a story of epic proportions. Damned gives various descriptions of hell and the events that transpire down there. Also the book…

Dante’s Inferno is considered one of the best works of humanity. In Inferno, Dante literally puts all kind of men into hell for their sins; from great kings to slaves, from every type of ethnicity, race, country and anything else a man identifies by. Based on Christian doctrines of his time, Dante has taken revenge over all kind of figures that he knew by. Furthermore, Inferno is filled with allegories and represents a deep literature. In this essay, we will discuss about the uses and…

Dante Alighieri was a Late Middle Ages author who wrote The Inferno where he critiques the life of sinners and analyzes their punishments as they rot in hell. Whether it be the time of Jesus Christ, or the modern era, people have committed sins ranging from lust to betrayal of God, family, and others. Furthermore, the novel greatly criticizes those who do not follow Jesus Christ. It seems to be a common theme of being raised a Christian and somehow, about halfway through our lives, we find we…

Importance of Invictus William Ernest Henley is an author, poet, editor, and critic. One of his poems, Invictus, is a very detailed poem. At the age of twelve, Henley had been diagnosed with tuberculosis of the leg. It was then amputated, but later on it had spread to his other leg but he wouldn’t let the doctors take his other leg. Because of this decision he had to stay in the hospital for almost two years. During his traumatic stay, he began to write poetry. This is when he had written…