Divine Liturgy

In Canto VIII, Dante and Virgil travel through the fifth circle of hell where they encounter Filippo Argenti, a long time enemy of the Guelph’s, while they are riding a boat on the river Styx. The reader is struck with an image of a wrathful Dante and Virgil and must decide whether or not their actions are justified. Depending on what the reader decides, it shows whether they too are wrathful or not. Within lines 31-66, Filippo comes up from the river to ask who is in hell before his time. Dante…

Conscience plays a big role in a person’s judgement. In Crime and Punishment , after killing two people, Raskolnikov ends up feeling extremely guilty afterwords for pretty much the rest of the book. His consciousness makes itself known by making him very paranoid about others, and even before the murder by questioning why is he thinking of doing bad things. Because of all this guilt and mistrust, he ends up turning himself in. Although, one might argue that he believes he did not commit a crime…

. Looking at the short story “Story of the Hour” from a Marxist point of view, the social structure plays an enormous role. In this story Mrs. Mallard should be grieving not only because she thought her husband was dead, but also since he was the provider of her household. Without him, how was she going to make ends meet and function as if he were still alive? But on the contrary, Mrs. Mallard felt free from the social structure of her being just a wife, who life was her family and husband. She…

Dante’s Inferno from The Divine Comedy is written about his own life, and the journey he takes to find a sense of redemption through his own art and philosophy. It begins when Dante is halfway through his life and, he has lost his way. Not only in his mind, but he now found himself traveling through the dark woods, “Midway along the journey of life, I woke to find myself in a dark wood, astray from the straight path” (Cantos I, 1-3), and the influences from religious figures in his life. When…

All throughout history, writers have been using allegories to convey their message without truly stating what it is. An Allegory is a literal work with two levels of meaning, the literal and symbolic. In the story of “The Inferno” by Dante Alighieri, an allegory can be seen in The Dark Wood of Error, the three beasts, and through Dante’s guide Virgil. In the Inferno, an allegory can be found in the Dark Wood of Error. Dante says “ How I came to it I cannot rightly say, so drugged and loose…

Dante Alighieri's first book in the divine comedy the Inferno is a religious epic that condemns those who are blasphemous towards the church but is also a careful condemnation of the power of the catholic church.Through the Pilgrim's journey through hell he sees and learns many things from his environment, the people he meets in hell, as well as his guide Virgil. However as he is traveling through the hellscape Dante is commentating about the state of affairs as he sees it in 12th century Europe…

Being in a church setting, I did not want to break many norms, or be overly intolerable because I knew that many people would be very upset. From breaking the norms (sitting down while everyone else stood up to sing, texting, ect.) the people got upset, but not upset enough to leave the service. I think if I would have continuously been disruptive and annoying, people would have left, or told me to leave. I thought that it was very interesting that while they sing, they stand up, while at my…

This paper will start by establishing a solid image of Hell from primal and ancient times; the first, or early, view of Hell. Then this paper will convey a solid image of Hell as it is now. Afterwards this paper will be exploring the time in between this point A and point B to find the key changes in theme and appearance. With appropriate research, this paper will cite evidence relating to these shifts. Hell, as humans know it, is a place where human souls that did not lead a good life on earth…

1. Capaneus plays an important role in understanding the psychology of the sinners in hell because his rejection attitude toward God represents how the sinners think. Capaneus fought against Thebes, and he is guilty of blasphemy. This is one of the worst sins a person can commit. Because of his sin’s severity, Capaneus have to pay the price with the intensity punishment. Even though it is obvious that Capaneus cannot defeat God, and he can reduce his punishment by admitting his wrong, his pride…

Luckily, Dante so quickly and easily followed me into this journey, but it perplexes me how this can be the same person Beatrice implored me to help. I listened and continue to execute exactly what Beatrice wished. I write this as the naive boy happens to lie on the ground after seeing shades a couple steps beyond Hell’s doorway and experiencing an earthquake. Based on Beatrice’s words, I expected this guy to have a little more maturity, but who knows in this day and age. This fool should have…