The Gates of Hell

poem. In the first volume of poem, Inferno, Dante still finds himself as a wanderer but now wandering through a different landscape. Slowly but steadily, guided by the Roman poet Virgil, Dante begins wandering physically down the steep descent into Hell or "Inferno" as the title of his first poem suggests. The journey in Dante 's poem is much more than just his physical journey into…

This side is considerable darker than the other ones, which makes hell more frightening for the audience. Since the stage directions propose that the gate to hell should be a part of the scene, the water tower with its various entries can function as this gate and the arcade behind it as the actual hell. The Devil can leave and enter hell at this point. The demons are supposed to run around the lower garden and they are also in Hell talking with the Devil. The passage on the eastern side,…

At this point, I began to become angry with Charon, nearly starting a brawl on the shore of the Styx. I only stopped when Professor Michael threatened to “Leave me in the fifth circle of Hell instead of the third tier of Purgatory.” Although I did not remember a thing about Dante’s Inferno, I understood that he meant business, so I shut my mouth and boarded the boat next to Charon. When the boat docked, we all climbed out and looked at…

In the words of Robert Krapohl, a Baylor University Librarian, “no scriptural doctrine has proved more difficult for Christians to defend in the modern era than the traditional notion of hell.” While this issue at one time was cut and dry, it now is one of the most widely debated and misunderstood doctrines in the church today. This doctrine affects most “major doctrines of the Christian faith, not just the area of eschatology,” but throughout all aspects of Christian life. This asks not only…

not in the pits of flames. Some lines from Edwards’ sermon support his argument, “...the devil is waiting for them, hell is gaping for them, the flames gather and flash for them”. (Edwards 14) This quote explains that God will send those who have betrayed him to the pit of flames where Satan is waiting for them. Edwards gives another example, “The God that holds you over a pit of hell, much as one holds a spider over an open flame”. (Edwards 15 ) He brings fear into his listeners that God can…

embarking on a journey through nine circles of hell (Longfellow 7). The Divine Comedy is composed of three segments: Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. While the poem is arranged into three different divisions Inferno is the “part that has been met with most fervent critical response” (Lummus 63). One reason for such critical response may be because Dante is not only the author of Inferno; he is also the poem’s protagonist.…

The Inferno is the first part of an epic poem called Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri. He narrates as himself going through Hell guided by a poet name Virgil. Together they go through 9 circles of hell which are Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud and Treachery. This is taking place in the year of 1300 during the Easter week. Dante describes in detail each thing he sees as he goes along and gets challenged along the way. To explain the torture of the Inferno that…

have heard these words uttered from Jesus himself in Matthew 13:42, however many different depictions of hell have been asserted. In Dante’s Inferno he travels through the depths of Hell and describes what exactly it will look like and feel like and ultimately be like. However is this depiction actually accurate? In multiple areas Dante’s inferno seems to build off the biblical description of hell, but it lacks pure facts, and remains to be a fictional story, because of Dante’s lack of…

I’ve seen the good that can come out of it and I’ve seen the completely bigoted and ignorant bad side of it. But with all the different aspects of Christianity one thing that seems to be the most important is the thought of Afterlife; be it Heaven or Hell. In the Christian religion getting in to Heaven is the main goal everyone strives for. Heaven is in another realm or world or possibly even planet and is where the “good” people go. It’s the reward that God promised them if they follow him…

Understanding the Bible will help readers understand Le Guin's short story. Ursula Le Guin’s story, “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas,” creates an allusion of finding the christian faith through--the child in the darkness, the city guarded by beautiful gates, and those who leave and never return. In Le Guin’s utopia, every citizens happiness is at the cost of the suffering of a child. This child is locked underground and tortured everyday, “...Sometimes the door rattles terrible and opens, and…