Divine Liturgy

Two works have similarities, as well as difference. No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, in addition to Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles, both of theses works have different prospectives’ on fate, and free will. No Exit is based on three main characters Garcin, Estelle, and Inez all of these charters have made bad life choices in life, thus they pay for the consequences in hell. Garcin is a coward, stuck-up, lastly, he complains a lot, he feels that everyone should feel sorry for him. Estelle, loves…

According to the Roman Catholic doctrine, purgatory is a place or a state of mental anguish and suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins and so they undergo purification before going to heaven. These souls are waiting as they experience judgement if they can immediately enter the state of heaven or if they are to be destined for hell. Purgatory has been thought of as a physical location by others but some popes believe the opposite. In Greek mythology, Euripides’…

Demons; Wretched beasts from the pits of Hell ordered to serve Satan. We all have demons residing inside us and they can be awakened at any moment either through traumatic events or by the demon in the bottle, alcohol. Throughout his life, poet Edgar Allan Poe struggled with alcoholism and this is apparent throughout his short stories and poem. Most noteably his short story, The Black Cat, where the narrators actions are influenced by the demon in the bottle or perhaps influenced by the animal…

In the Bible, the Apostle John proclaims “Sin is a master to whom we become enslaved” (John 8:34). The disciple John clarifies sin can consume one’s spirit completely: tearing a person apart from the guilt of their sins. In the Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne implies a similar concept on how sin is capable of altering one’s character, along with the shame from their guilt. Throughout the Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne utilizes key elements such as diction and rhetorical devices, to convey a…

Dante Alighieri’s Inferno has a hell and a God that are in many ways difficult to process. Dante’s God can be seen as either a cruel God that encourages torture or a God with divine justice. He proposes a lot of possibilities that do not necessarily sit well with people. One major argument against his reasoning is that he submits people straight to hell just for not believing God. However, he places them in Circle one where their punishment is to have a near wonderful afterlife with the…

Dante’s “The Divine Comedy” is the focal point of this paper. This character is introduced in the Inferno Canto XIII, also known as the Second Ring of the Seventh Circle of Hell. Of all characters that I have come across in the Divine Comedy, Pier to me is most significant as he does not claim that he was wrongfully punished in hell but worries of being recognized as an unfaithful person in the world. The concept of this paper will surround the idea of Pier and Dante’s interactions in the Divine…

When we think of the seven deadly sins, we often think about Envy. What does it mean to Envy? “Envy is the passion which causes evil, the father of death, the first entrance of sin, the root of wickedness, the birth of sorrow, the mother of misfortune, the basis of disobedience, the beginning of shame” (Hagedorn, 1998, pg. 15). When we are filled with Envy’s trance, we hold resentment in our hearts as we are very aware of a condition or circumstance that is adored by someone else that we may…

Journey to Hell Dante Alighieri, an Italian poet via himself as a narrator, introduces his journey to hell through his poem “ The Divine Comedy: Inferno” which is one of the great poem he wrote. He describes how middle of his age, he ends up lost in the woods, and how he tries to leave but he cannot, which is the beginning of Dante’s journey to hell in Canto 1. This paper argues that, going to hell is not an easy road and it takes a lot of misery and fear, the people who have made mistakes…

Alighieri’s most famous literary work is likely his epic poem The Divine Comedy. This epic poem is divided into three parts: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The most popular of these segments is Inferno, which has been translated numerous times in several different languages. Inferno is about the main character, named Dante, and his journey through the different circles of hell with his guide Virgil. Hell is divided into nine main circles, each one pertaining to a specific sin. With each sin,…

Dante Alighieri and John Milton are revered as two of the most popular and accomplished poets of their time periods and ours. Both are known, not exclusively, for their work dealing with the idea and the depiction of the divine world and the journey to salvation. The Divine Comedy by Dante and Paradise lost by Milton both depict worlds that articulate a goal of eternal salvation for men and the devotion to God. The similarities and differences between these two famous works come from the…