Divine Liturgy

festival for Mary, and who he thought would win in such and such sport. The conversation was remarkably similar to one that people in the present have at dinner time. Soon enough I took the initiative to steer the conversation towards his piece the “Divine Comedy”. Part of my mission was to uncover greater details pertaining to his master work. As expected, he was surprised that I was aware of his new work. I responded that those in the academia circles dealing with poetry were closely following…

Intro-Dante Alighieri's narrative poem The Divine Comedy played an effective role in initiating the protestant reformation and revealing to the common person the importance of living a righteous life. In the Divine Comedy's Inferno, Dante and Virgil Journey through the nine fictional levels of Hell. Dante represents the human soul, and Virgil represents human reason. Throughout the journey they discover the punishments the sinners of Hell face eternally, based on their crimes. Each crime has its…

It is these three Christian themes of love towards God, free will, and suffering that are significantly present in Dante’s Purgatorio. Dante Aligheieri was an Italian poet from Florence, who wrote his most famous poem, the Divine Comedy, in exile. Dante wrote the Divine Comedy for his idealized love, Beatrice, who appears in the trilogy as a goal for Dante. He traverses Hell, Purgatory, and even into Heaven to find and be with Beatrice. In the first part of his poem, titled Inferno, Dante, led…

though his mother died only a few years after his birth and he was arranged to marry a woman he didn’t love at only the age of twelve. He was really in love with a woman named Beatrice Portinari. She had a huge influence on Dante’s Divine Comedy. He met her at the…

I decided to put the Limbo circle on top because I chose to order the circles the same way they are arranged in Dante's Inferno. The punishments and sins become more severe as you go along. I thought this punishment was not as severe compared to the other 8 circles. The sinners in the Limbo circle which are the non-christians and unbaptized pagans are forced to live in a castle with seven gates that surround it which is what I put on this circle. I chose dark colors for my castle because I…

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…

Beginning of Creation In the beginning of creation there was chaos, Chaos was the chasm that first existed. The Greek word "chaos" (χάος) means emptiness. From the void arose Erebus primordial god of darkness and Nyx primordial goddess of the night. Then Eros primordial god of love appeared. However in some myths Eros is also considered as a son of Aphrodite not Chaos. From love, together Nyx and Erebus gave birth to Aether primordial god of the upper atmosphere, Hemera primordial goddess of…

Canto 1- Virgil-Personification- Virgil is the guide for Dante as he travels through Inferno. Virgil represents those that guide us in this life. People that guide us and help us along our way such as parents, teachers, or religious leaders. Most of the time when we need a guide we usually have a guide who is experienced or has been there before. Virgil is a very wise poet and is experienced. Virgil is there to protect Dante as he goes through the depths of Hell. It can symbolize just how a…

The environment in which someone grows and matures up intends to have a large overall effect in their life. Surroundings have the ability to shape a mindset or even change a perspective. Through drastically different circumstances than that already experienced, old ideologies are altered to match the new information obtained. Before being able to define the idea of freedom, there must be a distinction between different views of freedom. Since autonomy encompasses a vast range of notions, by…

George Shehata Honors English 2; Period 1 Mr. Rasmussen 16 December 2016 Empathy Compassion, it’s an emotional response used to demonstrate someone’s sense of pity, and it’s given when people feel sympathy or empathy towards another suffering human being. But what if an author writes an entire epic dealing with sinners who fall from the grace of God, and are punished, but the author still feels sympathy or empathy towards them? What would that look like? In Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno, Dante…