Hell's Inferno Research Paper

Dante's use of allegory in the Inferno greatly varies from Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" in purpose, symbolism, characters and mentors, and in attitude toward the world. An analysis of each of these elements in both allegories will provide an interesting comparison. Dante uses allegory to relate the sinner's punishment to his sin, while Plato uses allegory to discuss ignorance and knowledge. Dante's Inferno describes the descent through Hell from the upper level of the opportunists to the most evil, the treacherous, on the lowest level. His allegorical poem describes a hierarchy of evil.

In Dante’s Inferno, the author Dante Alighieri described the journey of his fictionalized self going through Hell. Dante describes all nine circles as grisly and grave. Gustave Doré’s paintings relate the most to Dante’s descriptions. Doré’s paintings of the Inferno are dark and mysterious, which is how Dante explains Hell in his story. Doré does not use color in his paintings; all of his painting of the Inferno are black, white, and in some shade of grey. His paintings reflect the mood that Dante was trying to interpret in his story. This is why Dante would choose Gustave Doré to illustrate Inferno.

Despite the fact that the reason for the disciplines in Dante 's Inferno might be misty, their general strategy and structure appears to be direct. There are numerous concentric rings, each with a transgression or set of sins connected with them, and a discipline for every wrongdoing. At the point when miscreants kick the bucket they are relegated to the spot which is assigned to properly rebuff the specific sorts of wrongdoing that they submitted amid their lifetime. As Dante slides to lower circles, we see that the disciplines deteriorate and more terrible, so that more extreme disciplines are made to compare to all the more ethically disgusting sins. In all cases, it is the transgressions of a man that place that individual at every level of Hellfire.

In Dante’s Inferno, Dante presents the different levels of hell. According to Dante, there are nine levels in hell. It was not considered a good thing to be put in hell. You are sentenced to a hell according to your sin you committed. While he is in hell, Dante explores all the soul 's sin on Earth and the punishment he or she receives while in Hell.

On the first occasion he lies for practical reasons in order to obtain rivets to repair the steamer symbolizing dishonesty in the course of the normal business of life. Of course the lie is successful. But later when he visits Kurtz’s “intended,” Marlow tells another lie this time with no ulterior motive and this selfless though intrinsically sinful action a sort of parable, completes his moral vision. Conrad needs the fiancée for Marlow far more than he does to explain Kurtz’s presence in Africa.

In the text, The Divine Comedy by Dante, the Inferno focuses on Dante’s personal journey through hell. Throughout Dante’s journey, he goes through the nine circles of hell. Dante was exposed to a lot of things that he’s never encountered such as limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger, and much more. These topics of the Inferno all correlate to my life as nursing student. I wouldn’t like to compare something that I am passionate about, however the process of becoming a nurse is very stressful. Dante finds himself wandering alone in a dark forest, wandering into a fearful place. Above, he sees a great hill that seems to offer him protection. As Dante climbs to the light, he encounters three angry beasts- a leopard, a lion, and a she-wolf which

Inferno, written by Dante Alighieri illustrates the idea of justice through the belief that with each action arise a consequence. What you sin above ground, you deal with under. Through this he gives examples of the sins done and the punishment that is inflicted from doing such thing as a disgrace to God. All through Dantes imagination and his views as to how it should be done, there is a punishment for each area of sin committed which is why a person who bribes will be in the further in the level of hell, as compared to someone who has killed an innocent.

There are certain things in life that are just bound to happen. The things that are unexpected to happen in our life. Let’s face it, let’s do it with courage in our heart.

The theme of religion whether it be Catholicism or Christianity is a subconscious theme through most literature. In Dante, the reference to Catholicism is very prominent. Through the Inferno Dante refers to Jude “All about him in the ice are strewn the sinners of the last round, JUDECCA, named for Judas Iscariot.” (Dante 282). Judas Iscariot is the man who betrayed Jesus with a kiss on the cheek which I find quite deliberately placed, Judas is placed in Cocytus mouth having his back flayed similar to Jesus 40 lashes he got before he hung, “That soul that suffers most," explained my Guide, "is Judas Iscariot, he who kicks his legs on the fiery chin and has his head inside” (Dante lines 61-65). Judas is placed in Cocytus’s mouth like how Judas

The Three Little Sinners Author’s diction, or word choice, determines his/hers tone and the emotion he puts into his literature. In Dante Alighieri’s epic poem The Inferno the protagonist, Dante, travels through the nine circles of Hell and witnesses many different sinners from his past be punished. Dante is accompanied by Virgil, a Virtuous Pagan found in the first circle.

In The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Dante is led down through hell by the ancient poet Virgil. As he descends through hell he progressively sees people who committed worse and worse crimes. Because of this we are able to see into the mind of Dante; and therefore, understand his thoughts on the volatility of the crimes committed. Because of unfortunate events in Dante’s life, Dante is much too harsh on his ranking of moral failures. This is shown in him referencing people from his own life that Dante feels deserves to go to hell.

Journeys can be taken many ways. Some people take the path less traveled and some people take the easy way out. Dante happens to be on journey that is less traveled, by exploring the depths of Hell in the Inferno. The epic poem’s story is about self-realization and transformation. It sees Dante over coming many things to realize he is a completely different person from the start of the Inferno journey. Dante sees many things that help him gain courage in order to prove to himself and the reader that accepting change and gaining courage can help one to grow as a person and realize their full potential. After seeing people going through certain punishment Dante realizes that he must not seek pity on himself and others in order to fully realize his true potential.

When people think of Hell, they usually picture a fiery burning Hell with the screams of sinners as a constant background noise.However, Dante Alighieri, the author of the Divine Comedy and more specifically The Inferno, had a completely different idea of Hell; an icy version of Hell. Dante wrote The Inferno after being exiled from the catholic church, and all of Italy. Throughout the piece, the reader sees many different people that personally hurt Dante placed in one of his 9 rings of Hell. Each Level of Hell holds sinners of different sins. There is a ring for lust, murder, betrayal, and there is even a ring that Dante called the Waiting Room of Hell for people who didn't take sides and fight for what they believed in. The piece was originally

In Dante’s Inferno, we followed Dante as he narrates his decent and observations of hell. A wonderful part of that depiction is his descriptions of the creative yet cruel punishments that each of the different sinners receive. This story is an integral part of literary history, and even if I were to have the imagination and ability of Dante Alighieri, I don’t believe I would change this tried and true version known universally.

     The Inferno by Dante is a story of a mans voyages through the treacherous depths of hell. Dante is a man who has strayed from the path of a catholic way of life. Now he needs to travel through hell to reach the virtuous path that will take him to heaven. He is guided through hell by a man who is in limbo, the first circle of hell, named Virgil. Virgil takes him through hell and shows him people suffering for the sins that they have committed. Together they travel through the nine different stages of hell observing who is in each stage, what there punishment is, and what sins they committed to get there. Virgil was sent to guide Dante through hell by Beatrice who is the love of Dante’s life. Beatrice plays a