The Gates of Hell

Dante’s purpose of his journey was to get through heaven so he could get to heaven, which means he has to enter the very worst part of hell. Virgil says to Dante, “Hope not ever to see Heaven. I have come to lead you to the other shore; into eternal darkness; into fire and into ice.” The last Circle in hell represents the worst of crimes, betrayal. An American writer and editor, Rob Dreher, explains Dante’s Inferno’s sinners, “They dwell forever in the pit because they…

tone of the first half of the poem is sounds anguished and agonizing and often references hell, fire, and pain. In the second half of the piece, Plath shifts from the demonic to the divine, yet still keeps up the references to fire. As is easily gleaned from the title, this poem follows and portrays the feelings that accompany the course of a fever, however, underneath, there is a divine comparison: heaven vs hell. She adds depth to her meaning with references to both historic and mythical…

Why does a person need to be saved? The Bible says that only a few people will end up in Heaven and many will receive a wide road to destruction. Even though Jesus paid for everyone’s sins, each person must come to the realization that they are a sinner and need their savior. They have to get to a point where they trust in Jesus and truly believe that He died on the cross just to save them. Romans 5:6-8 says “ For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For…

Throughout Dante’s Inferno, Virgil leads Dante through the nine circles of Hell, all inhabited by people who committed different sins. Dante begins his journey on ground level and Virgil gradually leads him below the surface of the Earth, descending further and further into Hell. The first circle of Hell scratches the surface of the Inferno and is the beginning of his journey. Canto 4 represents Dante’s trek through the first circle, Limbo. In this canto, Dante describes a dark and dreary…

He declares, “it was the blood-stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery” (2174). His description of this horrifying enlightenment as the entrance to the gates of hell is not just a terrifying illustration, but also the wretched reality that he lived in. Douglass feels so strongly about these tragic events from his past that he struggles to write exactly…

At that moment the raw powers of Hell began to drip from the father’s body giving off an intense heat. “NOOOO!” sobbed Stonewise. In that moment of rage Stonewise gave off a vivid purple aura. The unwilling father lunged at his son, only to be deflected by a swift wave of the power given…

how human nature should be defined, some think we are all naturally flawed and are damned to hell and others believe we are naturally good and can be perfected. In history, many authors tried to use their own perspectives on human nature. The authors, Jonathan Edwards, Olaudah Equiano and Thomas Jefferson's illustrate their views…

return to his Majesty right at this moment! Not even a second can be delayed!” “Yes General!” The Celestial Knight salutes. General Ming flew back to the Celestial Palace at his fastest speed possible. After an hour, he finally reaches the Front Gates with a red face like a kid who just got candies from his grandparents. * * *…

the world. Hell is where the sinners are found. It is up to the individual to earn their ticket to heaven. In Dante’s inferno Dante writes about his travels in Dante wrote about his travels through his own Hell that was built in his mind. The nine levels that he had in his own Hell were- limbo, lust, gluttony, avarice, anger, heresy, violence, fraud, and betrayal. The things Dante saw were horrific and grand. This made me ruminate about Hell. This led to me envisioning my own Hell which…

do not agree with Dante’s ranking of sins. This is mostly because I do not think that some of the sins should be ranked where they are (in the book), in today’s world. It has can seen in many instances in Inferno that people are in the circles of Hell they are in because of a technicality. Dante and Virgil…