Inferno

Dante sought to show that the Roman people had acquired their ‘world empire’ by divine right. By doing so, according to Joseph Canning, Dante gave “powerful expression to the myth of Rome, deploying a mass of republican and imperial examples drawn from Roman history and literature”. Dante reasoned that Rome’s divinely ordained authority was demonstrated by Christ’s birth during the Roman Empire. He claimed that Christ “willed to be born of the Virgin Mary under an edict of the Roman authority”.…

Aristotle Mendoza is ready for another boring summer stuck at home with his Mother and emotionally distant Father. To escape the boredom of summer he goes to the local pool even though he doesn’t know how to swim. A boy called Dante teaches Aristotle how to swim. Their friendship cemented when they realize they were both named after ancient philosophers. Both of these boys are american-mexican and while Dante’s teaching Ari how to swim, Ari is teaching Dante how to except himself. Aristotle and…

To reach our ultimate salvation and reunite with God we must arrive at certain truths. His philosophy states that the human mind is weak and would only be able to arrive at some truths about God after a long time. St. Thomas Aquinas argued it is necessary for God to reveal the truths that are essential for salvation. (Reid) This reoccurring trend in Aquinas’ writings connects both grace and nature, while separating him from other philosophers. Through Aquinas’ writings Dante created his…

believed goodness is attained through a parent and a child’s friendship. A parents role in raising a child is to love, teach, and guide a child so his/her life is good, and they will learn what virtues lead to a happy life. Another example in The Inferno, Dante meets an astonishing neo-platonic philosopher, Virgil, who guides him through good and evil to understand life on his extraordinary…

without saying so directly. Often, but not always, allusions are cultural or political references. However, allusions in Western literature will often be related to mythology, the Bible, and other well-known works of literature. In Dante Alighieri’s Inferno (Cantos XVIII) there are not many allusions in my cantos, but i found one that really intrigued me. It was the way that Dante compares the formations of the bolgias(the panderers and the seducers) to be very much similar to the moats of a…

To fully understand Hell, people look at Dante’s Inferno. With Dante’s words, preachers and sinners have singled out different sins and their punishments. Even some of the smallest sins, if there is such a thing, there are sever consequences. Some of the punishments are so horrible, that members of churches…

the early fourteenth century. The controlling point in the excerpt from Nietzsche’s work is that pity is useless because it is felt for Christian sins which cannot be fully known and by expressing pity, one is giving up power. The Bible, Dante’s Inferno, and Plato’s Republic all offer evidence as to how believing in Christian virtues without questioning their validity or consistency takes away our power, either…

Every day millions of people sin. In the Divine Comedy Dante travels through nine circles of Hell, observing punishments caused by different sins. The more severe the sin that is committed, the more severe the punishment is endured. Throughout history famous figures, people in literature, and current celebrities, have committed these nine different types of sin. I will be placing these wrong doers in the different circles of Hell discussed in the story. Circle zero, otherwise known as Vestibule,…

Michael Potter Ms.Alexander English 2 Honors Period 3 15 October 2015 Summaries Chapter 1 The story starts off by introducing edmond dantes who has just returned from a journey aboard the pharaon. Dantes is first mate of the pharaon. later Morrell shows up and promotes dantes to captain since the last captain died, and because dantes is loved by many and an honorable sailor. Chapter 2 In chapter 2 Caderousse is introduced. Caderousse is the neighbor of Dantes’ father. Caderousse is a friend of…

Virgil and Dante are now entering the 8th circle of hell, fraud towards other people. The guard of this circle is the Greek god Janus. Janus is the guard because he had literally two faces. Here, sinners have misled and deceived friends and enemies alike to serve their own selfish goals. They have been fake, deceitful, and malicious. They now live in a world of plastic where there is a constant clamor of conflicting communications. The sinners faces are distorted and grotesque because they have…