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An Infernal Predicament Many people are intimidated by hell, yet Dante uncovers the after life, as he perceives it to be. Dante’s Inferno is an interpretation in guiding one through the importance of fulfilling a morally virtuous, Christian-belief enduring lifespan. Circle I, Limbo, is a valley filled with souls who allegedly never did anything morally wrong, but were not baptized and therefore not allowed into heaven. Dante’s beliefs in Inferno upon salvation, the afterlife and sinful nature…

Lucifer, the prince of dawn, and holder of light. He was an archangel and walked amongst the stones of fire, the thrones of god. Lucifer led a rebellion against God, he thought he was more beautiful than God, so he desired to be worshiped as God. 1/3rd of angels in heaven followed Lucifer's rebellion, then God cast out Lucifer, he fell like lightning from heaven. This ended the preadamic race. God judged the preadamic world by catastrophic effects, this killed every living thing. God came down…

Upon entering the deepest part of Hell, the reader is introduced to an unorthodox depiction of satan. To most, this depiction of Satan may be unsatisfactory. Most picture Satan as being completely red, with two horns, a tail, and a pitchfork; the Ruler of the Underworld. However, Dante provides another image. Initially, Dante, from a distance, sees what he believes is a windmill. As he gets closer, he realizes the forceful winds are created by the flapping wings of Satan; the wings being a…

Satanism Satanism as a religious topic refers to the collaboration of philosophical and ideological beliefs on the character of Satan. Satanism officially lingered in the public offing in 1966, with the emergence of Church of Satanism. However, prior to the Church of Satanism, history shows that Satanism existed earlier. Earlier, according to historical facts, a group known as Sphite Cultus Satanas established itself in the State of Ohio in 1948. Sloane Arthur Herbert founded the Sphite Cultus…

When left completely alone with the minds unrivaled creativity, is it possible to consider there is a “…mystery of something greater that ourselves” (Baird 2)? Within the article “Why We Need Silence (Not Cell Phones)” by Julia Baird, it is questioned why the technology of today has been of such critical influence of the new fad of being engulfed in sound pollution. Baird’s article is based from her personal feelings on the research done by British author Sara Maitland and Maitland’s own…

The Prelude: Wordsworth’s Mental Conflicts and His Imperfect Solution The Prelude, an autographical epic poem by William Wordsworth, describes not only a journey of the author’s life and experience, but also a process of how he “fixes the wavering balance of” his conflicted mind, by seeking comfort in the “spots of time,” or, in other words, his memories of childhood and nature (Book I, L622; Book XII, L258). Just as Martin Gray notices, “The poem is itself a therapeutic exercise” (Gray 62). To…

most universally accepted concept of morality of their time. In this essay, Idi Amin, the third president of Uganda, will be evaluated based on the morality of his actions as a leader of Uganda. In order to develop a valid basis for evaluation, the school of thought developed by John Stuart Mill, a prominent English philosopher of…

Good and Evil have filled our world, minds, and lives for as long as the human race can trace. Evil appearing to be more plentiful, yet, good always being the defeater. From the horrible actions upon the Jewish to the modern terrorism; the black plague to the ever so heart wrenching cancer and mental disorders; and the old fighting between tribes and clans to the presence of gang-violence in our streets. All evils that have affected our ways in some way or ways. We would all like to think these…

The film Blade Runner of 1982, poses the question of “what makes a human? And what makes a machine?”. If ultimately humans are trying to make “machines” just like themselves, then why are they not treated like humans. If humans are trying to create an “artificial life” that embodies human, they should treat it like a living life rather than a disposable object. Blade runner is essentially about Deckard (Harrison Ford), is a “blade runner”, who is a specialized assassin that his hired to find and…

The stanza derived from Matthew Arnold’s “Dover Beach” is representative and reflective of the loss of faith in 19th century, Victorian England. In the stanza, “The Sea of Faith” a metaphor for the retreat from religious ideologies. Throughout the stanza Arnold is referring to this metaphor, as when he states that it “was once, too, at the full, and round earth’s shore.” I think that the poet is claiming that the religious beliefs that he and others have had were once very important to them. The…