Hell

cheerfully unconcerned about future. Dante the Pilgrim shows sympathy to him and tells him: “Ciacco, your distress weighs upon me so that it moves me to tears.” And that was Dante the Author who chose him to represent the third circle of Hell. But still, up till this point in Hell, Dante is sympathetic to the sinners and feels sorry for their sufferings. However, Dante starts to lose some of his compassion beginning with fifth circle – Anger. Here, the wrathful are fighting each other, and…

the dead but of the living.” This verse is saying that the dead are not dead at all and their souls are still alive. It also says God is the God of the living, not the dead. God tells us that death itself will die in Revelations 20:14 “And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.” The God of the Bible has control over death and will destroy it in the end, but the Greeks believed Hades was in control once you die and death will always win. Again in 1 Corinthians…

provide the reader with a clear explanation of the journey through hell in order to better comprehend eternal punishment. TS Dante uses imagery in order to give the reader a pictorial aid of the actions within hell. Ex1 Sound imagery in Canto 3 displays the Opportunists torment, allowing the reader to explore the sounds within hell. Elab The first souls Dante meets are those in the Vestibule of Hell. These souls are not in hell; they are directly outside of it. These souls were not good nor bad…

Satan, the first of all God's creation to defy his power and be sent into hell. Satan's decision to rebel comes from himself, his own decision's --he was not persuaded by God's other angels or God himself, Satan made his decision's alone. With Satan's decision to continue to disobey God after…

When thinking of Hell and what it may be like, one may turn to Dante’s work of epic poetry, Inferno, for guidance as it sets up Dante’s idea of what Hell is like and how sinners are organized. It becomes obvious that Dante looks upon his Christian values to determine his idea of Hell, but it may also be thought that Dante uses his knowledge and personal feelings of the people he condemns as well as his own life experiences as a guide to determine where in Hell sinners will go. This is apparent…

analysis Symbolism, imagery, allegory: Hell The words that are commonly associated with the word and place Hell are; fiery, evil, frightening. The words that don’t conjure with the word Hell are; warm, fuzzy feelings. John Marsden sets hell as more of a heavenly place then a fiery, evil, frightening place. Ellie describes Hell as “quiet, shady, cool and damp” this is describing a place more like Eden rather than a place people would avoid at all costs. Hell is described as an oasis, it offered…

Dante travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Throughout this allegory, Dante changes during his journey from many experiences he experiences, including learning that the souls in Hell deserve their punishments, seeing the people inside of Purgatory being punished for their pride, and realizing that pride is his sin while he goes through the bottom section of Purgatory. In the second circle of Hell, Dante meets Paolo and Francesca, who says to Dante, “we are one in Hell, as we were above.”…

an Italian poet and a philosopher among the issues of his time period. He wrote many great poems such as “The Divine Comedy” which features his thoughts on religion and politics. “The Divine Comedy” is a poem about Dante’s allegorical trip through hell. Gustave Dore illustrated his interpretation of Dante’s fictional poem. The picture “Dante and Virgil Emerging from the Southern Hemisphere” reflects the message of Dante and “Inferno” by using the concepts of shading, connecting to “The Divine…

journey through the different levels of Hell guided by, ancient Roman poet, Virgil who enlightens Dante on the way. Through contrapassos, which literally translates to counter-punishment, Dante unpacks the punishment that sinners undergo. At the start of canto III, an inscription above the gates of hell reads “Justice moved my high maker, in power divine, wisdom supreme, love primal” (Canto III, 4-6). The interpretation is that God, the divine, created Hell on the principles of justice and…

Dante’s Inferno written by Dante Alighieri in the 1300’s shows a descriptive fictional journey through Hell. It is one of the most well known books about this subject, even though it is not a real religious writing and is just plain fiction.“In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost,”-Dante Alighieri. Dante expresses how great his internal struggle really was.Dante was going through a midlife crisis, but he did get more involved…