The Towering Inferno

Have you ever felt like you were going through Hell? In Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, Dante goes through physical and emotional struggles on his journey through Hell. Dante is believable because he is dramatic, biased, and he shows emotion. Dante is believable because he is very dramatic. In canto one of the novel, Dante exclaims,” Death could scarce be more bitter than that place!” Have you ever been in the car and smelled something not very pleasant and thought it was the worst smell in the…

In the Inferno, Dante begins on ground level and then he continues with his direction descending, going completely through the earth and hell. He winds up at the base of the heap of Purgatory on the opposite side. On the highest point of Purgatory there is the terrestrial heaven (the garden of Eden), and after that he works his way through the divine circles. It is the plot of the Divine Comedy and the account of Dante's adventure towards reclamation. The Inferno is for the most part thought to…

Dante’s profound Imagination The Divine Comedy, one of the most famous work by Dante Alighieri described the poet, Dante himself walk through the inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Since the artwork was done seven hundred of years ago, does did Dante accurately organize the circles? In other words, are the sins really worse as he heads to the center of Hell? Is greed really worse than glutton or lust? Is fraud really worse than heresy? Combining personal feelings from Dante himself and…

damned sinners who will never see light of day, or those who turn cry out with pain, regret, and suffering. In Dante’s epic poem known as the Divine Comedy, he creates a unreal version of himself as he travels through the farthest reaches of hell (Inferno), purgatory and paradise In the second circle of Hell are those overcome by lust They are the first ones to be truly punished in Hell. These souls are blown to and fro by the terrible winds of a violent storm, without…

Something very interesting but probably common sense about this work is that the actual translation of inferno means hell, it is fitting seeing as the main character travels on a path to get to heaven that must go through hell. The key theme that I found more interesting than the others that might be able to be taken from the text. I thought that god finding a balance between the sin committed and the degree of punishment you will suffer was interesting, it was weird to think that there was once…

The Law of Retribution in Inferno refers to the punishment given to the sinner in the after-life that directly relates to the sin committed during their life on Earth. The more disgraceful the sin on earth, the harsher the punishment in Inferno. The sinners in Upper Hell for example, the lustful and gluttonous, received less coarse punishments in hell than those in Lower Hell, the suicides and the betrayers, who committed the worst types of sins, therefore they are given the worst of…

In Dante’s Inferno, Dante states that pitying those damned in Hell is impious and highly discouraged. This is exemplified through the multiple instances of pity and its consequences throughout the book and through Virgil’s guidance. In this essay, I will discuss pity’s role within the Inferno and how it is proven to be a sign of impiety. Pitying the sinful never has positive consequences and surprisingly turns the person pitying the damned into a sinner themselves as they are restricting…

The theme for the poem Invictus by William Ernest Henley is you are the master of your fate. The reason I think that this is the theme is because in the beginning the author talks about he wants to thank whatever gods there are for his unconquerable soul.This can be interpreted as the power that we all have freewill. He also tells of under the bludgeoning of chance his head is unbowed meaning he will not submit but knows what he has done but still wants his freewill and will not give in to…

“The Divine Comedy” is a poem about Dante’s allegorical trip through hell. Gustave Dore illustrated his interpretation of Dante’s fictional poem. The picture “Dante and Virgil Emerging from the Southern Hemisphere” reflects the message of Dante and “Inferno” by using the concepts of shading, connecting to “The Divine Comedy” and Gustave Dore’s placement of objects. To begin, Gustave Dore’s use of shading shows Dante’s and “Inferno’s” message. The illustration explains their message through…

In Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy, Dante travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Throughout this allegory, Dante changes during his journey from many experiences he experiences, including learning that the souls in Hell deserve their punishments, seeing the people inside of Purgatory being punished for their pride, and realizing that pride is his sin while he goes through the bottom section of Purgatory. In the second circle of Hell, Dante meets Paolo and Francesca, who says to Dante,…