Life in Hell

The cultural, physical, geographical surroundings of Hell shape and affect Dante Allegri and his psychological and moral trails as a person. From the moment Dante had stepped into Hell he had changed as our surroundings can change who we are. Dante was changed morally and righteously after he had witnessed Hell and what would come for him soon. As the comedy begins, ‘Midway upon the journey of our lives, I had found myself in a forest dark…’ (Dante’s Inferno page 1), Dante is middle-ranged and…

the punishment for sins committed in one’s life? Dante attempts to answer this question in Inferno, the first section of The Divine Comedy. In this section, Dante travels through the different layers of hell and observes the people and their punishments in each circle. Alighieri’s Inferno attempts to assign punishment to each sin. However, his punishments are not assigned haphazardly. As Dante travels through the first three layers of punishment in hell, he observes the symbolic suffering of the…

Have you ever wondered what life would be like after death? Would it be full of angles and enthusiasm or full of disappointment and devils? The big topic that has always been talked about through the ages is the different peoples view of heaven and hell. It is an exciting topic to talk about and discuss with your colleagues. The views of different people may change the outlook on life, and how they live on a day-to-day basis. Heaven is known to have golden gates, streets to walk on and…

for all eternity. Albert Camus was a French existentialist who believed that there is no meaning in life, that we have to make our own meaning or just give up and die. In his book “The Myth of Sisyphus”, written in 1942, he compares mankind to Sisyphus. If Sisyphus can keep pushing, accepting that it is pointless, and that he can’t escape, and still be content, then we can keep pushing through life, accepting that it is pointless and be content with our lives. If we can imagine that Sisyphus is…

The church scene in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 offers powerful insight into the archetypal relationship between death and rebirth. As darkness shifts to light, Raimi depicts the death of the black Spiderman and the coinciding birth of Peter Parker. Contrarily, Raimi displays the simultaneous death of Edward Brock Jr. and the birth of Venom, as Edward stands with outstretched arms asking God to “kill Peter Parker” (Raimi). It is through these haunting images Raimi challenges our preconceived notion…

Many people envision Hell as a place with demons and torture, but they don’t realize Hell can be found on Earth. People will work to find and exploit others’ fears and secrets. This is just what happens in Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit. Estelle, Garcin, and Inez, the protagonists of the play, have all died and gone to Hell. They expect the faceless torturers and punishment for their sins, but they soon discover they’re to be each other’s torturers. Through their actions, Garcin, Estelle, and…

in Dante's Inferno Sin in Dante’s , Dante walks through hell with a roman poet as a guide. He explains that hell is portrayed as nine circles of suffering and is located within the earth. Different sinners in hell are made to undergo different forms of suffering that represent their crimes of sins while on the earth. There are nine circles of hell two broader divisions; the upper hell and the lower hell (Lyman 1989). The upper hell is reserved for people whose sins resulted from…

The Law of Retribution in Inferno refers to the punishment given to the sinner in the after-life that directly relates to the sin committed during their life on Earth. The more disgraceful the sin on earth, the harsher the punishment in Inferno. The sinners in Upper Hell for example, the lustful and gluttonous, received less coarse punishments in hell than those in Lower Hell, the suicides and the betrayers, who committed the worst types of sins, therefore they are given the worst of…

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…

Scared for Eternity (Do you believe that hell is a legitimate way to make people act appropriate?) The afterlife is a very touchy and well-known subject. It is a concept that has been very commonly spoke of and researched in civilizations past and history, is being talked about now in the present, and will continue to be discussed further into the future. There are many questions that will never be answered about the destiny of a human’s soul after their bodies have died on earth. Here are many…