Divine

I found it interesting that Dante’s inferno paints a picture of what people thought was immoral and how they perceived hell. For example, thieves are in the eighth ring of hell, but heretics are only in the 6th ring. I would have assumed that in the 1300’s the emphasis on Christianity was much more prominent, since the church held vast political power and wealth, I was surprised that the thieves were thought lower of than Heretics. In addition, I had always thought of purgatory as a modern idea.…

The Inferno by Dante, is a story based on a journey through Hell. The narrative begins with Dante straying off the path of life, into the forest of the underworld. As the journey goes on; Dante encounters his inspiration, and late Roman writer named Virgil. Dante must venture through the 9 “circles” of Hell, according to the sin committed in the mortal life. In every level, the bodies of sinners on earth are tortured. The severity of the punishments increase as Dante’s journey prolongs. The…

In the novel The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, Edmond Dantes, an honorable and ingenuous man, falls victim to jealousy, selfishness and corruption. Set during the Napoleonic era of the 17th century, the villains, Caderousse, Fernand, Villefort and Danglars, all contribute to falsely sentence Dantes to spend his life in the Châtea D’If. After sixteen years in jail, Dantes escapes and rightly seeks revenge on those who wronged him. Since his vengeance directly targets his enemies’…

Dante was going shopping for his very first suit. His mom had gone back to college when Dante was six and now she was graduating. The only thing she had asked for was for Dante to be at the ceremony in a brand new suit. He was so proud of her that he wanted the day to be perfect. Dante's cousin, Jared, picked him up first thing Saturday morning. They drove into downtown and parked right outside of W.J. Simms Clothiers. The windows were adorned with mannequins dressed in all varieties of suits…

It is a nice fall evening and Dante was heading home after a day of work when suddenly there is a loud boom, then the sky turned blood red and clouds became alarmingly dark. Out of nowhere his car stopped and when it did you could hear the screams of people. When he turned around he saw it the portal spitting out demon like creatures. Then he realizes that they are actually demons and starts running home. When he gets home he sees a gruesome murder scene. he sees his wife and two children dead…

In C. S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce, Lewis is arguing that Hell is not merely a place where wicked people who detest God end up; Hell is a place that offers people exactly what they want. The Great Divorce presents “the reason for Hell,” which is people choosing their own wishes over God (Gibson 110). This novel reveals that the self-imprisonment of one’s greatest dreams can lead to infernal results (Gibson 113). In The Great Divorce, Lewis uses Dantean structure, the nature of Grey Town, and the…

Hell. A brimstone, fiery pit where all the sinners go when they die. Trust me, it's not as glamorous as it sounds. For one, after a while, the screams annoy even the most bloodthirsty demons. Another thing, it constantly smells like rotten or burnt flesh wherever you go. A lot of people seem to mistake Hell for a fiery place, where everything is red and black, where demons run around, maiming, torturing, and the like. Well, that's mostly wrong. Don't get me wrong it's hotter than the sun…

The Eye of Providence, also known as the all-seeing eye of God, represents how God watches over humanity, and is a symbol that is typically considered a sign of God's love and care; however, it also has a much more sinister connotation due to its relation to surveillance. The Eye of Providence is shown hovering over an unfinished pyramid on the American dollar bill, and while many conspirators believe the Eye is used to show the United States watching over and protecting its citizens, it also…

This has led to her being viewed as The Divine Mother. Kali is seen as The Divine Mother as it is “she who gives birth to a wider vision of reality than what is embodied in the order of Dharma” (Kingsley 1998, p. 84). Dharma is “the eternal law of the cosmos, inherent in the very nature of things” (Knowles 2006…

This paper will talk about a theory known as Divine Command and the problem that hampers it which is known as the Euthypro Problem. To start off the paper, I will explain what the Divine Command Theory is and the main idea behind it. Next, I will talk about why this theory is so enticing to many people. After, I will reveal the problem with the theory called the Euthypro Problem, why it is titled Euthypro, and why it causes a problem within the theory. Later in the paper, I will discuss how the…