Hell

difficulty when attempting to explain the importance of Dante’s journey through Hell. After banishment from his hometown Florence, Italy due to the political group “the Black-Guelphs” taking over, Dante is forced to partake on a horrendous journey through Hell. It is the only way he can reach his ultimate goal of eternal unity with God. In Hell he is subjected to experience a first person view of those who endure the wraths of Hell. Throughout the journey Dante is lead, taught, and protected by…

makes numerous referrals to religious beliefs and contrasts between heaven and hell with reference to Desdemona’s alleged actions. He implies a belief through his words that Desdemona is his possession and her actions have inflicted the gods upon him. Furthermore, the examples he conjures of Desdemona are inhumanly, referring to…

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 also asks who he is…

The problem of Hell C. S. Lewis addressed the topic of hell in his book The Problem of Pain. He said that the Christian doctrine that he'd rather remove is the doctrine of Hell. He talked about many aspects of Hell, mainly the size of Hell, free will and choice. According to him the size of Hell is very small, it is the product of the infinite love of God and the freewill bestowed upon Man. Size of Hell Lewis believes in Hell however he doesn't believe in a very big Hell. He quoted Dame Edith…

what he envisions occurs in heaven and hell. Because I have always been interested in the concept of afterlife (I do believe in it, but obviously have no idea what it will actually consist of) I found this book especially interesting. First, Lewis introduces his construct of Hell, which is a dim and dreary grey town that is perpetually bleak. The narrator arrives at a bus stop, which allows Hell’s inhabitants to go and visit Heaven. As they depart from Hell, he talks about how large and…

From Hell is a graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell; it is about the infamous serial killer, Jack the Ripper. The novel depicts details about the Whitechapel killings in the Victorian era of London as well as speculating who Jack the Ripper actually was and the underlying motives. The art style that From Hell is depicted in is a combination of the naturalistic and cartoon modes. The naturalistic mode is just how it sounds, the art style in the comic book, or graphic novel, is similar…

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…

At this point, I began to become angry with Charon, nearly starting a brawl on the shore of the Styx. I only stopped when Professor Michael threatened to “Leave me in the fifth circle of Hell instead of the third tier of Purgatory.” Although I did not remember a thing about Dante’s Inferno, I understood that he meant business, so I shut my mouth and boarded the boat next to Charon. When the boat docked, we all climbed out and looked at…

Throughout the past years, gang violence in Canada has been a major issue. From the case of the Surrey Six to Hells Angels beating a local Kelowna man to death, gang violence is no foreign term here, especially in British Columbia. Though gang violence has reportedly gone down in the past years, it is still something individuals across Canada fear. As stated by Jennifer E. Butters, James Sheptycki, Serge Brochu, and Patricia G. Erickson in Guns and Seblethal Violence(2011), gangs are a direct…

that still exist today is the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. Founded on March 17, 1948, in Fontana, California, this motorcycle club is known for their acts of violence, distribution of drugs, and their love for riding motorcycles. Although they are present throughout the globe, mainly in the United States, the Hells Angels have become a subculture in our culture by having their fearless appearance, their own traditions and rules, and their own way of living. The Hells Angeles, one of the…