Virgil Tibbs

Proper, and Earthly Paradise. Inside purgatory the upper part of the mountain contains seven terraces, each consisting of one of the seven capital sins (The World of Dante). After visiting the first terrace, that of the prideful, Dante the pilgrim and Virgil arrive at the second terrace, which is full of the envious. This terrace differs from its predecessor, the prideful, because it is full of bare rock. This bare rock is very different from the white marble Dante previously saw in the last…

For my work of art, I am choosing to use the song Californication by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I will link the lyrics to the song below if you would like to hear it for yourself. I will be breaking down this song in terms of section, in which there are eight. The first section is; Psychic spies from China Try to steal your mind's elation And little girls from Sweden Dreams of silver screen quotation And if you want these kind of dreams It's Californication This section in my opinion…

Canto 1- Virgil-Personification- Virgil is the guide for Dante as he travels through Inferno. Virgil represents those that guide us in this life. People that guide us and help us along our way such as parents, teachers, or religious leaders. Most of the time when we need a guide we usually have a guide who is experienced or has been there before. Virgil is a very wise poet and is experienced. Virgil is there to protect Dante as he goes through the depths of Hell. It can symbolize just how a…

Destruction or Reconstruction A flame that blossoms can either burst in full force and spread like wildfire or diminish as if one were to pinch the flame into nothing. In the heroic epic of The Aeneid, the author Virgil represents that flame as a catalyst for chaos but also intertwines it with another central theme- love. The Aeneid tells a story of Aeneas, the main Trojan hero who embarks on a long journey to Italy, a city where he is destined to findfound; however, various forces impede Aeneas…

The environment in which someone grows and matures up intends to have a large overall effect in their life. Surroundings have the ability to shape a mindset or even change a perspective. Through drastically different circumstances than that already experienced, old ideologies are altered to match the new information obtained. Before being able to define the idea of freedom, there must be a distinction between different views of freedom. Since autonomy encompasses a vast range of notions, by…

Inferno, written by Dante Alighieri, follows his journey through Hell as he learns the fates of those damned to suffer in each region of Hell. Guided by former poet Virgil, Dante learns of the idea of “counter punishment” that dictates the relationship between sin and punishment. This construct is seen throughout the circles of hell, but there are those that fit so perfectly with the sin that the damned souls have committed. One prime example of this is in Canto XIII, here Dante travels through…

construct a piece of poetry which would emphasize the magnificence of the Roman Empire through its complementary substance and proper genius. In order to portray Rome in an absolutely virtuous sense, Virgil would have to uphold primary aspects of Roman excellence, such as duty, piety, and clementia. Virgil seeks to accomplish this feat through the adaptation of the character Aeneas, who at this time is well known as the legendary founder of Rome and a Trojan hero from Homer’s Iliad. It could be…

Feudal and Futile: How the Angels vs. Devils Battle is a Parody of Epic Warfare In John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost, the Biblical account of the fall of man into sin is taken to a new height by Milton’s use of metaphorical storytelling. Using the story of Genesis 3 as a basis, Milton further expounds on the fall of mankind out of God’s graces and into Sin by providing much imagined elaboration and backstory into which he infuses his own moral and spiritual lessons. The battle between God’s…

One of the fundamental purposes of the idea of sin is to establish the threat of an eternity spent in Hell. The goal of this scare tactic is to encourage people to live a morally sound life in order to earn a worthy afterlife. But the idea that a happy afterlife must be earned by living a good life while alive is not a new concept. This idea has existed in several religions before Christianity and it’s (meticulous/precise) and specific list of sins to avoid. People do not need the specific…

Throughout reading Dante’s Inferno written by Dante Alighieri, Dante wanders through Hell, escorted by the Roman poet Virgil. Together, the pair move on through the nine circles of Hell, witnessing the horrors inflicted on the souls of the damned. In this Divine Comedy, Dante molded the arrangement of hell and the circles justly based on events that occurred and experiences the poet witnessed in his life because Dante’s Inferno is a work of fiction. This is made clear through Dante’s expulsion…