Virgil Tibbs

for Americans, including fighting for freedom for all. These audacious soldiers act upon their responsibilities and know their duties which cause them to be able to complete such a brave task. The Aeneid, a national epic written by the Roman poet Virgil, contains characters who perform much like United States’s veterans. The Aeneid is the story of a strong demigod named Aeneas whose duty is to become the ruler of Italy;however, he is distracted along the way by unfortunate losses in war and…

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…

souls] are lost’” (IV.40-41). This is misleading because although this pity may appear acceptable, Virgil is a member of this group and therefore cannot be completely impartial. By saying that those in Limbo “have not sinned”, Virgil is clearly unapologetic about not worshiping God and seems to believe that he, along with the rest of the sinners in Limbo, does not deserve to be in Hell (IV.34). Virgil also shows pity for the sinners in the Wood of Suicides which is shown through his choice in…

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…

such as “The Divine Comedy” which features his thoughts on religion and politics. “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…

The Aeneid by Virgil is a grand story of Aeneas’s journey from Troy to Latium, now Italy, where Rome will be founded. Virgil is writing the epic per Augustus’s request. Virgil is writing about history but he is also setting a standard for the Roman populace by showing the Roman value system. He is also saying it was fate that Rome was founded when and how it as founded and that the gods had a role in it. While reading The Aeneid, books one, six, and twelve place the greatest importance on the…

Their punishment is to be “pressed under the moving boulders.” Because once they thought they were above all others, they are now put under everything else, and are “no more than insects, incomplete as any grub until it burst the shroud.” Virgil tells Dante to “not think of the torments”, because the souls here will eventually get to Heaven. This level of the proud is on the bottom level of Purgatory because these Christians are “worms, each one born to become the Angelic butterfly that flies…

The Canto starts off as a conversation between Dante and Virgil that has begun to last all day. The sun is setting and that causes Dante to prepare for the upcoming night. This giving him the virtue, Dante invokes the Muses help. Being afraid and doubtful of his ability he enlists the help of Virgil in a long way why he was the one chosen for the journey. He begins to compare himself to Aeneas, from Virgil’s Aeneid and also St. Peter both traveled in the Underworld and Heaven. Dante begins to…

“What is hell?” According to Google, There are approximately 29,000,000 results for what hell may be. In Dante’s mind, there are nine levels of hell. Dante’s Inferno was written 545 years ago, in 1472. Five hundred and forty-five years outdated, it it time for Hell to be re-written. Dante’s hell is outdated, overly harsh, unreasonable, unfairly arranged and should consist of different people than those of who Dante chose. After all, if you are going to Hell it should be for those who absolutely…

The Inferno is the first part of an epic poem called Divine Comedy written by Dante Alighieri. He narrates as himself going through Hell guided by a poet name Virgil. Together they go through 9 circles of hell which are Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud and Treachery. This is taking place in the year of 1300 during the Easter week. Dante describes in detail each thing he sees as he goes along and gets challenged along the way. To explain the torture of the Inferno that…