Inferno

Dante was walking in the forest one day and he lost his path which led him to run into a leopard, a lion and a she-wolf. Dante, scared out of his mind, leaves and runs into a Virgil, a poet and a ghost. He came to help Dante back toward his path which was to the mountain top. Virgil tells Dante that the path they're gonna take will lead them through hell and then eventually heaven. He then tells Dante that it was Beatrice and two other holy people that told Virgil to come find Dante. Virgil…

With an intellect ample in wisdom and a hard-heart rotund with insight, Virgil embodies reason as it bleeds out from those who have wronged. He paints the epitome of heroism as achieved via actions that damn the so-called hero, their glorified sins no match for his unblemished integrity; while his demonstrations of morality attract the adoration of many, namely Dante, infatuated with his logic. Dante selects Virgil as his guide through hell due to his adulation for Virgil, displayed through his…

In Dante’s The Divine Comedy, he describes the very center of Hell as an icy, frozen place. This is a direct contrast to what people normally believe Hell to be like, as expressed in John Milton’s Paradise Lost, in which it is rather described as a place full of fire, a literal furnace. Our minds are immediately drawn to a fiery Hell, as that is what is traditionally pictured in modern-day pop culture and the like. However, I believe Dante was right in his description, that ice is a metaphor…

In the modern contemporary society, copying from another person, whether it be on a test or any other assignment, is frowned upon. However, there aren’t any consequences for this act in the period of time depicted in Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, as this wasn’t recognized as a punishable sin. During this period, the deepest and darkest parts of Hell was home to thieves and liars, where their souls were lost and tortured for eternity. One who cheats does so by committing thievery as they steal…

have different convictions of where death will take them. Specifically, christians believe that there is a heaven and a hell and depending on how they carry out the Great Commission will determine their fate. Alluding to a part of the Divine Comedy, Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, it is illustrated to the readers in this poem that people who have partaken in a certain sin are placed into a region of hell that is specifically characterized for that sin. On the other hand, in reference to What Dreams…

Dante Alighieri was a Late Middle Ages author who wrote The Inferno where he critiques the life of sinners and analyzes their punishments as they rot in hell. Whether it be the time of Jesus Christ, or the modern era, people have committed sins ranging from lust to betrayal of God, family, and others. Furthermore, the novel greatly criticizes those who do not follow Jesus Christ. It seems to be a common theme of being raised a Christian and somehow, about halfway through our lives, we find we…

In Canto VIII, Dante 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…

I decided to put the Limbo circle on top because I chose to order the circles the same way they are arranged in Dante's Inferno. The punishments and sins become more severe as you go along. I thought this punishment was not as severe compared to the other 8 circles. The sinners in the Limbo circle which are the non-christians and unbaptized pagans are forced to live in a castle with seven gates that surround it which is what I put on this circle. I chose dark colors for my castle because I…

Paradiso had a desire for God which is their highest good. In Purgatorio, in order for a soul to move to a high level in the realm, they are in need for living souls to pray for them so that souls in Purgatorio are capable to repent. However, those in Inferno do not desire the highest good. The only desire what they want and have is having no intentions in seeking Love but only act on their own. The Tempest also shows three different types of desire. Ariel has a desire for freedom which…

Sins undiscovered or unpunished in life will be eternally punished in death, exemplifying Dante’s view that one should never succumb to Earthly whims. As Dante travels through the concentric circles of hell, he meets many sinners who were heroes on Earth who were lauded in spite of their sins or sinners whose true crimes were never punished. In Canto XXIX, he meets Griffolino d’Arezzo who tells him that “the crime for which [his] flesh/was charred was not the one that brought [him] here” (XXIX.…