Divine

Before Becoming Dante In The Divine Comedy, written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and 1321, he describes his journey through three realms starting in Inferno leading up to Purgatory and finally arriving in Paradise. Inferno is one of the three parts in which Dante uses more description, including allusions from his background and from his religious point of view, including the Bible, old text, and Greek stories; creating a mixture of sources that he used. Not only that, but he also uses the…

Throughout the course of The Count of Monte Cristo, the limitations of human justice versus the equity of divine justice are revealed as Dantes seeks revenge against Caderousse, Fernand, Villefort, and Danglars. In the beginning of his quest for revenge, upon receiving Abbe Faria’s fortune, which Dantes believes is due to divine intervention, Dantes views himself as an agent of Providence, believing he is acting out God’s will in punishing each of the conspirators; however, before he even…

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is a deeply symbolic and allegorical poem. In it, Dante describes the afterlife and how souls are judged and placed in Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Souls typically are judged on whatever their most prominent sins are, and placed in the appropriate circle of Hell or terrace of Purgatory. In The Divine Comedy, Dante illustrates that it is the choices that one makes while on Earth that determines where one will be placed in the afterlife through his descriptions…

pious because it is loved by the Gods, or if it’s loved by the Gods because it is pious. As time went by, a modernized model of this argument came to life and from that, a new philosophical theory was introduced: the “Divine Command Theory” (DCT). In this essay, I plan to explain what Divine Command Theory is, propose an argument that is usually offered against this theory which is that God can possibly command us to…

analyzing suffering, we trace the circumstances back to their causes. In the hope that we look for the major causes of suffering, we often need look no further than ourselves. For one thing fair play is not simply a product of social consensus, but a divine…

Dante’s “Divine Comedy” is the focal point of this paper. Pietro’s introduced in the Inferno Canto XIII, corresponding to the Second Ring of the Seventh Circle of Hell. Of all characters that I have come across in the Divine Comedy, Pietro to me is extremely 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 surrounds the idea of Pietro and Dante’s interactions in the Divine…

Dante’s Divine Comedy has a focus on sin and throughout the poem he has the benefit of seeing the punishments for all the different divisions of sin. Before even seeing the punishments for particular sins, in canto I Dante is climbing a hillside and winds up spotting three beasts before him that have a more significant meaning than just instilling fear in Dante. The three beasts, the leopard, lion and she-wolf, all represent different things in what is to be seen during Dante’s journey. In this…

popular Hinduism idea of karma is a natural law that explains how our universe is governed. The belief of karma is that there is a balance in life between actions and consequences. In other words, what goes around comes around. Literary devices in The Divine Comedy help in the development of themes in the Novel. Dante Alighieri’s book tries to convey the message of karma. There is never a wayward action that goes without punishment in the book. The use of plot, conflict, imagery, juxtaposition,…

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 reading The Divine Comedy by Dante, it becomes evident relatively quickly that the man put significant thought and planning into his saga. Yet, for all of his plotting, there is at least one thing that may seem to show a lack of thought. The way that Dante refers to his guides during the Comedy, Virgil, Beatrice, and St. Bernard, is incredibly religious and venerable in nature. There are some options as to why Dante might have decided to uses such language. He may have thought these…