Purgatory

Satan claims their souls to suffer in hell. If Christians are worthy enough, but not quite ready, they go to purgatory for some time to cleanse their souls in order to be fully worthy to meet God. The goal for Christians is to live a good life according to the 10 Commandments, the Beatitudes, and God’s will, in order to someday join God in Heaven. To be brought to heaven (or even purgatory to endure a period of cleansing), christians must live peaceful lives. In the same way, followers of both…

the Church of England and remaining Catholics in the early 16th century, Shakespeare’s Hamlet could be interpreted similarly by Protestants and Catholics as a warning against religious and civil agitation. The foreboding return of King Hamlet from Purgatory, the rapid fall of Denmark, and the use of the character Horatio as a silent, but attentive witness (Halverson 67), Shakespeare created a then-modern twist of the classic Greek Tragedy, using the combination of Catholic and Protestant…

The ghost is an external conflict they think came from purgatory because he hasn't cleared all his sins. They think that the ghost is king Hamlet- APPEARANCE/REALITY The soldiers and the war that isn't happening yet. It is impending, and king Hamlet won the battle and killed the other king, and gained access to take the land, and king Fortinbras want to get revenge and he plans on taking the land back, because he doesn't like King Hamlet.- HONOR/REVENGE x Obviously we can see that Hamlet…

1. Martin Luther was a German monk and a teacher of theology. He was troubled about the possibility of not going to heaven. He led a very strict life, but was more worried about committing sin. Luther read the writings of early Christian theologians, including St. Augustine, and the Bible. He then created a theory of truth only faith not good deeds could bring person redemption and that no good works, rituals, etc. would save a person if they did not believe. 2. He believed that only faith could…

Royal Family made it difficult to believe in one particular religion. The afterlife was a distinguishable and essential view within both religion.The Roman Catholics believed that ghosts were the souls of dead individuals who would return from Purgatory, and the Protestants believed that ghosts were the devil in disguise whose jobs were to convince…

Doing penance and praying for the souls in purgatory are still being practiced by some Catholics today. Do you know of someone who still believes in these beliefs? As a Christian how will you convince him/her that this belief is not true. __________________________________________________________…

of The Inferno, Dante walked in a dark forest lamenting the loss of his beloved Beatrice. When Dante started his journey he was not sure that he would be able to write about the epic he needed to undertake. He wrote about traveling thought hell, purgatory, and heaven. Dante and Virgil’s relationship is a complicated one. At the start of the story Dante respects and looks up to Virgil, whereas Virgil sees Dante as a pupil more than an equal. However towards the end of the epic Virgil sees Dante…

Christopher Bruce is a famous British choreographer and performer, Bruce was also an artistic director for the Rambert Dance Company. He has been a resident choreographer for the English National Ballet since 1989. Bruce created ghost dances in 1981, an influence for this creation was the 1970’s political coup against the Chilean government. After meeting dancer Joan Jara and learning of how her husband was murdered and their experiences and the experience of other survivors who lost family…

The character of Dante from Inferno, written by Dante Alighieri, was an epic hero characterized by neither exceptional strength nor godlike powers. Dante was specially chosen by Beatrice to travel across Hell, a place that no one has crossed before, making his journey very significant and him superior to everyone else. He also possessed a flaw that ruined all epic heroes, hubris. Dante’s journey through the Inferno fits the frame of an Epic Hero Cycle perfectly. As he went through the circles of…

severe. They see criminals of all kinds until they finally reach the center of the earth, where Satan himself resides. After clambering out of Hell, they see the mountain of Purgatory. That is where Inferno ends and Purgatorio begins. In Purgatorio, Dante is escorted by Virgil yet again. They ascend the mountain of Purgatory, where souls must stay until they repent their sins and prove themselves worthy of Heaven. Once they reach the top, Virgil disappears. Alone and frightened, Dante is…