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    Live a Diversified Life For Dante and Aquinas, happiness does not only compose a useful life on earth but also in Heaven. Dante and Aquinas were sure that continued use of Aristotle virtues would not land any of their followers in heaven. To increase chances of one entering heaven, Dante and Aquinas developed proposed the incorporation of hope, faith, and charity into the daily virtues that people possess. According to Dante and Aquinas, possession of virtues like good temper and judgement could

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    In the note to Canto V with respect to Francesca and Paulo, the Hollanders shout that “Sympathy for the damned, in the Inferno, is nearly always and nearly certainly the sign of a wavering moral disposition” (112). For sure, a large portion of the touching, enthusiastic, or ire animating stories told by the souls in Hellfire can inspire feel sorry for, however in the recounting the stories, it is constantly conceivable to infer the explanations behind the condemned souls' position in Damnation. Be

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    Dante Alighieri was an Italian poet, originally from Florence experienced economic, political and religious disruption that reflected the town’s struggles. Hardship that he encountered, being the death of his mother, his wife Beatrice until his death in exile. Dante took his pain and suffering and turned it into his inspiration for his poetry. The Blacks seized control of Florence and in 1302 Dante and others were exiled. It was during Dante 's exile he faced hardship and was forced to discontinue

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    Dante's Inferno is just one of three parts of an epic poem, written by Italian politician Dante Alighieri, known as The Divine Comedy. The Divine Comedy's three parts are known as Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradisio. This poem describes Dante's journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. The Divine Comedy was written in the fourteenth century in Florence during a time of tremendous political corruption. Alighieri includes these politicians in his book and describes the punishments they receive in

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    Welcome! To my Inferno! Dante’s Inferno is nevertheless great. Having thought-provoking and mind-changing effects, the Inferno, first of the three installments in the Divine Comedy, makes its readers think about life, death and things that lie beyond the two rationally. The Inferno takes them through Dante’s Hell, which includes different levels of pain, misery, and punishment for different types of sinners. My goal is to add to that list of sinners, which Dante created in his poem, highlighting

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    Dante’s Inferno (1320), and Francis Ford Coppola’s film Apocalypse Now (1979). Based on Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness, Apocalypse Now, is yet other link in the chain of classical reception that descends from Vergil's Aeneid and Dante's Inferno. While I emphasize the literary importance of Heart of Darkness as a reception of Inferno, the subject has become thoroughly deconstructed. As a result, I exclude Heart of Darkness in my analysis, and concentrate on the receptions of Inferno found in

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    During Dante Alighieri's journey through Hell in The Inferno, he comes across many citizens from his own town of Florence. Through these characters, he reveals his opinions of Medieval Italian society, particularly his scorn for many political and religious leaders. As a White Guelph, his exile from Florence leads him to direct his feelings of anger and frustration into this book, which reveals his hierarchy of derision; this hierarchy becomes evident the deeper Dante goes into Hell. His scorn, accented

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    Of the Medieval Texts, Dante’s Inferno, gives readers insight into a poetically described version of Hell that is full of punishment and evil. Dante travels through purgatory speaking with various shades as well as converses with his guide to gain insight on the follies of man. Each Canto describes certain characters and their reasons for being stuck in Hell. Through analysis of the text as well as support from literature written by Sara Sturm, R Bates, and lastly EM Hood, Canto XXVI not only provides

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    Death in What Dreams May Come and Dante's Inferno Death and what comes after has always been a subject of great interest and uncertainty. Many have tried to depict their own vision of the afterlife, be it heaven or hell, paradiso or inferno. Here, I will discuss the similarities and differences in the hell represented in the movie What Dreams May Come and the Inferno of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. What Dreams May Come is a movie about two soul mates, Chris (Robin Williams) and Annie (Anabella

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    Dante lived in a world where people fought for control over religions which is why he wrote the Inferno. In fact, because of this constant conflict, he was forced to leave the city of Florence and was never able to return. He wrote the Inferno during this time of exile. Dante wanted his story of condemned sinners to be as realistic and vivid as possible for he wanted to expose the flaws of his home country; also he wanted to help his people through these dark times of corrupt of power. This is why

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