What Does Hell Symbolize In The Inferno

Children have different characteristics and different interests that attract them. A well-designed literacy environment should engage and attract children on at least two different modalities (Edwards & Willis, 2000). This is so because, as the authors note, "it is natural for young children to seek to master and use many alternative 'literacies,' or avenues of symbolic representation offered by

As stated by Dante, from the words of Virgil, Hell has two completely different sections: Upper Hell of Incontinence, going from Vestibule through Circles 1-5, and Lower Hell of Violence and Fraud, stretching from Circle 6-9 and into the depths of Hell where Lucifer is kept. As said before the sections of Hell are split by levels corresponding to the degree of sin, as the level of sin increases gradually, parallel to the Circles of Hell reaching the end, within Circles 7,8, and 9 have an akin historical or mythological figure used to illustrate and exemplify the degree of sin. Most figures are

Introduction to reading comes through phonetic reading boxes. The reading boxes are cleverly organized, going from simple to the complex. Reading does not follow the same process of writing, which is taking our own thoughts and symbolizing. When we read, it is not our language with which we are working with, it is the author’s language. Reading is the analysis of the language followed by a synthesis. Story telling and socio-dramatic play in the environment can help the child develop an imagination that fosters a higher capability to understand what is being read to them.

"Its shoulders glowed already with the sweet rays of that planet/ whose virtue leads men straight on every road,. (I 16-18) The Inferno is one-third of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. This fictional poem is a narrative. In the poem Alighieri made his own character symbolic to the Human soul and his idol, Virgil, symbolic to human reason. Together they journey through the Nine Circles of hell. Dante is able to complete his journey through hell because Virgil helps him through.

Even though some people discount fiction as a sources of learning and think it is just for entertainment sake there is still much to learn from it. Fiction being written by the author will have his or her knowledge mixed into it. Learning from someone else’s prospective will help you solidify what you believe, either by backing it up or challenging it and making your values stronger in the process. In “Telling the Truth in Lies” Virginia Stem Owens says, “Fiction brings us a certain kind of news about the world we can get in no other way, because all other ways are abstract and detached, while fiction’s way is particular.” Fiction can teach the reader to believe and hope for a happy outcome or to protect themselves so they are not hurt by what

Though many people nowadays disregard the usefulness of literature in modern society I belong to the opposite sect of folk. Reading and literature is more than just words and writeing, its ways for the dead to speak and advise those to come through understanding of common feelings. Whether the author meant to mean something through metaphor or more literally is not important, what is important is that us as the readers are able to communicate and interpret needed information from the subject and author. Something that I sometimes think is lacking in todays society is not just this communictation but understanding. Furthermore reading it gives us a way to understand and invest in lives other than ourselves. Secondly reading and understanding what we read allows us to feel empathetic towards the subject thus allowing us to share our own story of feeling and ideas. This is

Inferno, the first part of Divina Commedia, or the Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri, is the story of a man's journey through Hell and the observance of punishments incurred as a result of the committance of sin. In all cases the severity of the punishment, and the punishment itself, has a direct correlation to the sin committed. The punishments are fitting in that they are symbolic of the actual sin; in other words, "They got what they wanted." (Literature of the Western World, p.1409) According to Dante, Hell has two divisions: Upper Hell, devoted to those who perpetrated sins of incontinence, and Lower Hell, devoted to those who perpetrated sins of malice. The

Dante’s inferno uses symbolism to represent different punishments and to categorize the different types of sins that humans have committed. One particular group of sin is called the lustful sins and can include actions such as adultery or incest. These lustful sins are represented by the mysterious She-wolf because a woman is known for her sexual disloyalty throughout all of the ancient times. As well as using animals to symbolize the sins, he also uses levels and circles of hell to display the severity of each sin. For example homosexuality is placed on the second circle, while its compared sodomy is placed far down below homosexuality in the bottom ring of the seventh circle.

However, the sinners in the eighth circle of Hell must endure the torture countless times for sins that they had committed. The lion, she-wolf, and demons are the symbols of punishment. The more inner circles that Dante travelled through, the more brutal the symbols were. The road to redemption, as exemplified by these creatures, is horrendous. In addition to dark symbolism, Dante utilizes brutal imagery to exploit the idea that redemption is only obtained through punishment. In the fifth pouch of the eighth circle of Hell, Dante witnessed something unimaginable in the human

Therefore the harpies are the perfect monsters to put in an area full of bodies that they can move around and do with as they please. In the third ring lie those who were violent against god. This ring is further divided into blasphemers, sodomites and those violent against art. The blasphemers are held on hot sand, the sodomites are both on the hot sand and rained upon by fire. Those who were violent against art however not only are forced to stand on hot sand while rained upon by fire but they must also have a heavy purse hang about their necks. In the third ring the readers find Geryon.

Literature is a multidimensional world full of characters, plots, and imagery that brings consistent light to an otherwise habitually dark world. Whether discussing serious or delightful aspects of the human condition, literature never ceases to teach mankind something of merit. For example, in Voltaire’s Candide, the author discusses existential subjects throughout the novel.  He uses tragic events to teach and entertain his audience about the intellectual depth of the human race.

In a way, literature offers one of the least harmful ways to feel all these emotions at once “by simply turning a page instead of turning our lives upside down” (Meyer 1). If we are given this opportunity to prepare for the worst, we should take advantage of it and treat literature with utmost respect rather than replace it with other subjects to fit in with our generation.

Dante Alighieri’s Inferno is the first of three books in The Divine Comedy. A “comedy” in Dante’s time didn’t mean what it means today: a comedy was a piece of literature that moved from dark to light or from damnation to salvation in the eyes of God. In The Inferno, Dante delves into darkness and damnation, and his view of the nature of Hell. Dante was a devout Catholic, so most of his inspiration for The Inferno came from the Bible. In Dante’s version of Hell, there are nine circles that reach to the center of the Earth: Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Avarice and Prodigality, Wrath and Sullenness, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery. Those who commit the least severe sins are put near the top, as in Limbo, and the worst sins at the bottom come with the worst punishments. Dante, the character in the book, is escorted by the poet Virgil to literally explore Dante’s descent into sin. To better understand the book's concept of sin, the reader should compare the least sinful part of Hell, Limbo, to the most sinful part of Hell, the ninth circle where Satan is kept.

Literature is often said to be used as a means of reflecting the times, society and climate the author is in and experiencing. Values, norms the ethos of a particular culture place or time is often interpreted through its literature. (Albrecht, 1954)

The picture of Satan does not satisfy the typical readers due to the fact of them visualizing Satan to be a red horned creature but this is not how he is portrayed. Lucifer looks like a giant with three faces each being a different color. He also has giant bat-like wings and blond silky back hair. Lucifer is placed at the bottom of the slope directly opposite to where they had entered the Inferno. One thing that surprises the readers about Dante’s Satan is the long crusty back that they must climb in order to exit hell. Dante represents the ultimate evil in this way because his sins made his lover Beatrice die and therefore he goes through on a journey to experience what it is like for the sinners that are forever doomed and hopeless. “A