The Towering Inferno

wonders of heaven and, by doing so, change the hearts of his readers. Additionally, the pilgrim was chosen because some secret sin, of which he need only to repent, that would have sent him to hell. This sin is never named, but his journey in the Inferno quickly causes the Pilgrim to repent and turn away from his own sins and temptations. The continuation of his vision in Purgatorio and Paradiso solidifies his relationship with God and his hatred of evil. The Dante Alighieri who travels with…

The Bhagavad-Gita and The Divine Comedy Volume 1: Inferno provide a broad perspective of human nature as a whole due to the origins of these works being from Eastern and Western civilizations which together encapsulates the ideals of the greater part of the human race. While they have some differing morals and beliefs of the spiritual world, both writings’ conception of suffering seems to have a similar ideological base. The texts understand suffering as a cyclical, repetitive and sometimes…

Negative Anger Why you will be punished by your anger? "Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned" (Buddha, para 1). This quote illustrates that anger doesn't solve anything. It builds nothing; but, it can destroy everything. Sometimes anger can be transformed to a hurtful tool that can hurt mostly its owner than others. It is a normal feeling everybody can undergo through it. But, the problem is how to manage…

In the Inferno, Dante takes us on a journey through the different levels of Hell guided by, ancient Roman poet, Virgil who enlightens Dante on the way. Through contrapassos, which literally translates to counter-punishment, Dante unpacks the punishment that sinners undergo. At the start of canto III, an inscription above the gates of hell reads “Justice moved my high maker, in power divine, wisdom supreme, love primal” (Canto III, 4-6). The interpretation is that God, the divine, created Hell on…

Death is a painful lash of a whip to remind us of the deathless state which is man’s destiny. Through a series of interplay of paradoxes the truth is revealed to man. The Eternal Night in which Savitri finds herself is no more than the shadow of the Eternal Day. Night is compared to the dark mother. Though man feels himself engrossed in night, man has come to this dark mother from a supernal Light, and by that Light man lives and ultimately goes to his final destination. Naturally it is that the…

The punishment, for each Circle of Dante’s Hell, is connected to its corresponding sin. For example, in the 4th Circle, the Hoarders and Spendthrifts are punished by being forced to push stones into each other over and over. This punishment is fitting because the hoarders’ stones could represent all the materialistic things he or she hoarded and the spendthrifts’ stones could represent all the money he or she spent. The hoarders and the spendthrifts are opposite extremes and because of their…

You may found yourself asking what is a spiritual journey and what is the meaning or purpose for it. A spiritual journey can be something that you would do to find out who you are, what problems are in your life and also to come to peace with someone or something. There is also a spiritual journey which some may often take to get to know and come closer with God. Dante and Augustine both take on the similar journey to get closer to God, divine love and grace. While on their journey they were…

Dante’s Inferno written by Dante Alighieri in the 1300’s shows a descriptive fictional journey through Hell. It is one of the most well known books about this subject, even though it is not a real religious writing and is just plain fiction.“In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost,”-Dante Alighieri. Dante expresses how great his internal struggle really was.Dante was going through a midlife crisis, but he did get more involved…

journey towards redemption. The comedy takes place in the afterworld which is divided into Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory) and Paradiso (Paradise). These three sections are, in turn, divided into 33 Cantos each with the exception of hell which has an introductory Canto. The Florentine writer is accompanied by 2 spiritual guides along his divine journey. The prince of Latin poems, Virgil, in both Inferno and Purgatorio, and Dante’s divine love, Beatrice, while in Paradiso. These switch of…

Dante’s Inferno by Dante Alighieri remains a work that is one of the most haunting and influential works in Western literature, despite being over six hundred years old. The idea of Hell crafted by Dante has inspired many different people since it was written. It is admired for its vivid and horrible imagery, and the lasting impression that it leaves on the readers of this work. One of the sensory elements in Dante’s Inferno is the darkness that is all throughout the work. This is not just the…