Life in Hell

and all adaptations of Hell is the eternal separation from good and, as a result, an abundance of suffering and evil. It is impossible to accurately describe Hell. It can only be described by humans in personal glimpses of evil in the world, and most of the time, famous interpretations of Hell in literature are what comes to mind when contemplating eternal separation from God. Hell is personalized pandemonium for those sinners who chose to reject virtue during their life on earth. It is an…

Dante’s Divine Comedy it is vitally important to make the distinction and state that it is not a roadmap that explicitly directs readers physically through hell, purgatory, and heaven. The Divine Comedy is an allegorical journey that reveals the nature of sin, repentance, and redemption. The story’s protagonist and author, Dante, travels through hell and purgatory under the guidance of the poet Virgil before reaching heaven, so that Dante, as well as the reader may be able to experience the…

The fourteenth canto in Dante’s Inferno, is a description of Dante the pilgrim and Virgil the guide, journeying into the third pouch of the seventh circle of Hell. The seventh circle is made up of sinners who are violent in various fashions. Depending on the pouch in which one is placed, the sinner is either convicted of violence towards oneself, other people and nature, or towards God. The third pouch, the primary focus of this canto, is for the punishment of those who possess a bellicose…

describes the very center of Hell as an icy, frozen place. This is a direct contrast to what people normally believe Hell to be like, as expressed in John Milton’s Paradise Lost, in which it is rather described as a place full of fire, a literal furnace. Our minds are immediately drawn to a fiery Hell, as that is what is traditionally pictured in modern-day pop culture and the like. However, I believe Dante was right in his description, that ice is a metaphor better suited to Hell than fire. …

preeminent works of Italian writing. It is an epic poem that comprises of three books: Inferno, Purgatory, and Paradise, which chronicle (portray) the experiences of Dante the Pilgrim (an imaginary character embodied by Dante himself) in his goes through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Albeit terrifying on a strict level, on a more noteworthy level it speaks to allegorically a deeper subject: the trials of the human soul to accomplish morality and discover unity with God. All through the quick…

just a mans’ journing through hell. For full understaning of what Dnate meant in the Inferno you must have knowledge of the reacurring. The conections he makes to his chritain religion helps to bring light to most of the alligory in the Inferno. This includes symbolism of the journey of a lifetime, Gods’ justice, and the mystery of evil and hell. Dante’s Inferno is his journey through the diffferent level and stagaes of hell. This entier idea is like going through life, since it relates to…

Descending further, we then disembark to the second level of hell where we are personally shown the sinners who have broken their shoes. You could smell the aroma of musty feet in the air. Surrounding us, there were a vast amount of shoeless people being punished. Voices welcome us as the sounds of moans and cries fill the air as they faced the reality of their hell. As we were walking a woman approached us, “Your shoes are not broken, why are you here? This is a precise range for those who…

In C. S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce, Lewis is arguing that Hell is not merely a place where wicked people who detest God end up; Hell is a place that offers people exactly what they want. The Great Divorce presents “the reason for Hell,” which is people choosing their own wishes over God (Gibson 110). This novel reveals that the self-imprisonment of one’s greatest dreams can lead to infernal results (Gibson 113). In The Great Divorce, Lewis uses Dantean structure, the nature of Grey Town, and the…

Hell, as envisioned by Dante Aligheri in the 14th century, was classified into several circles, representing sins that fall into the themes of incontinence, violence, or fraud. Dante’s organization of The Inferno was meticulous and extremely detailed, to the point where some even labelled his Inferno as a “perfectly functioning bureaucracy” (V: Note 9-12) . While he was very successful and venerated for creating such a comprehensive idea of Hell, if his concept is the standard that must be lived…

The Inferno by Dante, is a story based on a journey through Hell. The narrative begins with Dante straying off the path of life, into the forest of the underworld. As the journey goes on; Dante encounters his inspiration, and late Roman writer named Virgil. Dante must venture through the 9 “circles” of Hell, according to the sin committed in the mortal life. In every level, the bodies of sinners on earth are tortured. The severity of the punishments increase as Dante’s journey prolongs. The…