The Gates of Hell

Life as Cassidy Today, like any day, I step off the yellow school bus, and walk into the fiery gates of hell. The gates just as I remember them, the double doors to Martin Luther King Jr. High School. My nerves on high alert waiting to face all of the creatures that lurk around the halls. Being prepared for all of the hate and nastiness I have to face from my peers. The constant name calling of “whore,” “lesbo,” and “fat dyke,” as I pass my classmates. The only positive constant I have in my…

between sins and punishment. The author explained the relationship between the sins of soul and the punishment it will receive in the hereafter. The dominant theme presented is the perfection of God and his decisions in justice. According to the author hell exists and it was created by God with the purpose of punishing sins. Sins are evil deeds or acts which are never allowed by God. Dante describes how the first circle (Limbo) differs from…

John the Baptist seeing Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he told them, “Do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham” (Matt. 3:9). John the Baptist rebuking the Pharisees and Sadducees for boasting about their heritage. No one goes to heaven because of their association with a nation, their heritage or their traditions. Jesus came to save individuals not a community. Individual…

likens the castle to hell. “If a man were the porter of hell-gate” (2.3.1).As he is called to answer the knocking at the gate, he waxes philosophical about the idea that there are all different sinners in the hell that is the castle. The speech of the porter is deliberately created to introduce the idea of the unnatural hell that exists in the castle because of the commission of the great crime of treason. The dramatic irony of course is that the porter is unaware of the hell that exists in the…

hallucinates the blood on her hands, “Out, Damned spot, out, I say! One. Two. Why then, ‘tis time to do ‘t. Hell is murky” (5.1, 37-38). Lady Macbeth counting up the amount of dead people they murdered and such full of guilt lead her mental and emotional condition is out of her control. One of the most famous piece of literature of symbolizing guilt. “To bed, to bed! There’s knocking at the gate: Come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What’s done cannot be undone. -- to bed, to bed, to bed!”…

Canto XXVI begins with Dante sarcastically praising his native city Florence for having so many of its citizens populating Hell: with so many thieves, Florence has earned such a widespread fame not only on Earth but also in Hell! The poet Virgil, Dante’s guide through Hell and Purgatory, now leads him along the ridges to the Eighth Pouch, where they see thousands of little flames flickering in a deep, dark valley, and reminding Dante of fireflies on a hillside. Virgil informs Dante that each…

Journeys can be taken many ways; some people take the path less traveled, and some people take the easy way out. Dante happens to be on a journey that is less traveled by exploring the depths of Hell in the Inferno. The epic poem’s story is about self-realization and transformation; it sees Dante over coming many things to realize he is completely different from the start of the inferno journey. From the beginning to the end of the book Dante starts having a personality change from the way he…

In the play “fences” the word “fence” itself is used not only as a title, but has a metaphorical connection to each character in the movie. Each character explains why they have a fence or want a fence both physically and mentally. Rose is one of the main characters that wanted a fence because she thought it would keep strangers out, leaving just family and friends inside of the fence. Family is important to Rose so she does all that she can to keep them together. She also wants the best…

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…

I have always been a fan of the different interpretations people have of Heaven, Hell, or the in-between, The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri is one of my favorite interpretations, taking you on Journeys beyond belief. The divine comedy is separated into 3 Canticle, which means hymn, song or psalm, Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio) and Paradise (Paradiso). The story by many is said to be real and by some non-religious orientated people it is meant to be as basic mythology, of one man’s…