Inferno

In Dante’s Inferno, King Minos uses his power to condemn humans to hell based on their sins. King Minos seeks to use his power wisely, but Creon, King of Thebes in Sophocles’ Antigone puts power over family. Creon’s self ambition is the driving force behind many of his ill-fated decisions. For example, this flaw of excess greed inspires Creon to commit crimes against his own niece and son that result in a tragic ending for all involved. Thus, Sophocles’ Creon belongs in Circle Eight of Hell with

In Dante’s Inferno we meet our protagonist as he is lost and is trying to find his way through the Dark Wood of Error. As Dante is traveling through he finds the Mount of Joy, this is the destination that Dante is hoping to get to. As he is about to climb the Mount of Joy he is stopped by the Three Beasts of Worldliness who then drive Dante back into the Dark Wood of Error, now deeper than before. The Three Beasts of Worldliness consist of the Leopard of Malice and Fraud, the Lion of Violence and

Dante clearly distinguishes crimes of passion or desire between crimes of violence and punishes them according to their degree. These sinners, the carnal, the gluttonous, the hoarders and wasters, along with the wrathful and sullen fall just below the virtuous pagans in Dante's hell. Somehow, they represent a loss of self-control, of reason gone amiss, as each dives into a personal world of self-indulgence. To Dante, those that surrender to the pleasures of the 'will' deserve an eternity less

of The Three Most Significant Punishments in Dante’s Inferno) “They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn't bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing. I finally decided that people believed in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to.” (Green) The Divine Comedy is a text that is divided into three parts, the most famous of which being Inferno. Inferno follows Dante through his epic journey through the nine

The Influence of Dante’s Inferno and The Bible The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri consists of three books, the first being Inferno. The concept of Inferno, or Hell, is discussed and debated today, nearly 700 years after the book was published. This particular piece of writing has indisputably influenced modern western thinking about the afterlife, moral behaviors, and sins. This book, written the better part of a millenia ago, does indeed dictates how each and everyone of us live our everyday

Abigail Worsfold Greats Books: Classical- Renaissance Professor Macdonald 04-14-2016 Lewis Hells Characters Compared to Dantes Hells Characters The Great Divorce, by C.S Lewis and Inferno by Dante Alighieri, are great works that describe in significant detail the souls living in hell and how they got there. Lewis and Dante both portray to the reader how to attain Gods salvation by presenting the choices people make and what happens to them when they either become saved or reject God. The books have

A Christmas Carol and Dante’s Inferno are writings penned about what potentially happens to a person in the afterlife based on what that person does in their real life. Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol to tell the story of a man who changed his life around to avoid going to hell. His changes were based on the perception of his past, present, and future life, as shown to him by 3 spirits that came to visit him. Dante Alighieri wrote his long narrative poem, The Divine Comedy, to show what happens

The architectural and emotional literary synopsis of passage 15.1-30 suggests an insight to Dante Alighieri’s natural human characters pilgrimage and life journey through hell. At this moment Dante cannot see anything that resembles comfort or familiarity. The architecture of this circle thus far includes, “protecting banks”, “stoney boarders”, “bulwalk”, and “dikes” protecting it from flooding waters. This circle’s punishment for homosexuals is to walk with madness in the soil and fire raining

through 3 levels, which he calls Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise. In the Inferno, he meets Virgil, his guide throughout his voyage. They both pass through the nine circles of Hell, where they witness many different punishments for those who have done awful things in their past. Good versus evil is a major theme that occurred throughout Hell. In the Inferno, there are times where Dante sees good and evil and also represents it himself. In The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, Dante defines the meaning of

Dante’s Inferno and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales are both tremendously significant literary works that are still relevant to this present day. Dante’s Inferno depicts one pilgrim being led into the depths of Hell at the hands of a guide named Virgil. As the two descend into Hell, it becomes apparent that Dante has strong religious opinions that influence his placement of several individuals into the various levels of Hell. One thing he makes obvious in his works is that hypocrisy and fraudulence