Inferno

In Dante’s Inferno, the uncommitted are destined to a deserved fate that represents the actions they chose or refused to choose in life. Dante encounters them on his journey to Hell. Their fate is constant punishment and torment for not following God. Although they do not commit evil acts during their life, they are deserving of this treatment since they never stood up for what is right. I feel that their decision to choose a side was a choice and was punished in the afterlife. The uncommitted…

Fear of the Unknown in Dante’s Inferno All humans have fears. Common fears are those of threatening or dangerous subjects. All the most common fears have a face or a name: a fear of spiders, a fear of heights, or a fear of blood, for example. Perhaps the most important fear, though, is the fear that cannot be named. The greatest threat is a threat that cannot be anticipated. All humans have some fear of the unknown. Dante Alighieri’s Inferno brings into focus the innate human fear of…

Brandon A. Perez Mrs. Courtney Doherty AP English Composition 1001420M 23 February 2018 The Inferno Literary Analysis Essay Dante Alighieri, author of the book The Divine Comedy, was born in Florence in 1265 and came from a noble but impoverished family. He first met Bice Portinari, who he called Beatrice, in his early years who then died in 1290. In order to cope with her sudden death, Dante studied philosophy and theology and to also write La Vita Nuova. Throughout his life he has been…

Inferno (2nd half) The three beasts (the leopard, lion, and she-wolf) that threaten Dante in his quest to get to the sunlight all represent different types of sin. The leopard can be interpreted as a symbol of fraudulence, the lion as a symbol of pride, and the she-wolf as a symbol of greed. The leopard has few physical characteristics suggesting its interpretation as fraudulence, but the prideful lion has his "head held high”. The she-wolf is described as she “carries every craving in her…

hope as he thought at first sight, “Then, a grim she-wolf -whose leanness seemed to compress/ All the worlds cravings, that had made miserable such multitudes; she put such heaviness into my spirit, I lost hope of the crest.”(Cantos1 line36-41) The Inferno was written in Italian vernacular instead of the most common use of latin literature. Dante wrote in Italian vernacular…

If someone has done multiple major sins, where would they be positioned in the inferno according to Dante? Dante’s greatest work, The Inferno, tells the story of many individuals who have sinned, and it categorizes them into different levels depending on what they did. Using his guidelines, many stories of people could be placed into the inferno. Sometimes it is quite easy to see where someone would be placed, for instance, if they committed a murder, they would be drowning in a river of blood.…

lead to a self-serving leaders who made decisions that reflected upon their own self-interests and not for the greater good. This corrupt system upset many who wanted good for their society, including Dante Alighieri, who wrote the epic poem The Inferno. In the epic, Alighieri creates his own structure of Hell and names a protagonist after himself, Dante. Dante experiences all the horrors of Hell with his guide Virgil, who is portrayed as the symbol of human reason. This is not only…

Dante, a living man, decides to take an adventure through hell to get to heaven. His guide is named Virgil. Virgil was a poet that Dante greatly admired. They voyage through nine circles representing different sins on earth. Each sin matches to one circle in this order:Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Wrath and sullenness, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery. In each circle the souls of the sinners are forced into punishments that fit their sin on earth. In almost each circle, Dante finds people…

In Dante’s Inferno, Dante Alighieri comes across a groaning tree, as he makes his way through the seventh level of Hell. Dante was introduced to Pier della Vigna, a trusted counselor of Frederick II, in the form of a tree as his punishment. As Dante enters conversation with Pier della Vigna it become clear to the true significance of della Vigna’s contrapasso. As Dante says on the seventh level of Hell, “I am convinced he thought that I believed the groans I heard were issuing from shades who…

In Dante’s Inferno, contrapasso, or the law of retribution, is very present as each circle of Hell contains different types of punishments for each type of sinner. Iconic historical figures are found throughout Hell suffering retribution for their sins. This is important as Dante specifically wanted to show no one is above God no matter how important they were in life. The idea of contrapasso isn’t unique to Dante as the law of an eye for an eye is found in the Old Testament. However, Dante’s…