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    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

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    measures that helped establish Beaufort’s definitive measure of winds. Temperature scales are also used in an attempt to make the concept of measuring pain more relatable. Across the world, temperature is measured in degrees Celsius. At zero, water freezes and, at one hundred, water boils. Despite Celsius being the global standard, the Fahrenheit scale was developed decades earlier. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit based his temperature scale on two marks: on the lower end, the point where a mixture of salt

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    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. Since I have the desire to maintain the validity of Dante’s version of hell in its entirety, I will explain the

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    like a quick and easy service sometimes it's complete hell. There about seven or eight positions you can work in a day shift which are 10:45am – 6pm or a night shift is from 6pm - close. So now the I established that you stand on your feet forever and when work. We can move onto more exciting things. So, the “gopher” is the person who runs and gets flavors and puts mix in the machine. If you ever work at Ted Drewes try to lift a bag of mix over your head, I’m sure you will drop it. A bag of mix is

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    The Italian poet, Dante Alighieri, takes the audience on a journey through the stories of hell, purgatory, and heaven in Dante’s Inferno. Starting in hell, Dante tells the story of his journey and his experiences, under the guidance of the classical Roman poet Virgil, as he travels through the nine circles of hell to reach heaven. Through his very detailed descriptions of punishments, settings and characters, the poem serves an allegorical purpose by showing one man’s desperate journey from confusion

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    Lucky. One word to describe Betty Cooper's life. She would definitely pick Lucky. Betty was the second most popular girl at her school, and she was dating the captain of the football team, Archie Andrews. Betty, Cheryl and Veronica we’re the queen bees of their school, and of the town. Only daughters of the three most rich and powerful families in town. Polly used to be one of them, but she was gone now, and no one liked to talk about her. Jason, Archie, Reggie and Moose on the other hand, were the

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    will end up in flames like hell, or those who think there will be a point in time where everything will freeze. I also notice that he could mean that this

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    Narrative Guatemala

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    “Melissa, don’t you want to experience a whole new culture? Guatemala has one of the most beautiful resorts in the world--hell, you can even the stars in the sky unlike here!” my step dad exclaimed, his hands gliding in the air in excitement. I sat on the couch across him and my mom, who looked frail and small next to my burly and tall stepdad. She was looking at her lap, her hands neatly folded on top. I sighed, shaking my head. “I don’t want to.” I protested. His smile faltered a bit. “Your

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    Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Heaven). The first book in the trilogy is Inferno, Italian for Hell. This book gave Christians a visual image of Hell and horrors of the torments in the place. The books starts as Dante is straying off the righteous path of morality and truth. Dante gets lost in deep dark wood, where he encounters three wild animals that try to attack him, but Dante is rescued by the ghost of Virgil. Throughout, the story Virgil takes Dante down to hell and reveal

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    unmarked by the world. Sins and virtues each have a different impact on us. This concept is advocated by Dante in his book The Divine Comedy. Dante believed that in Hell a person’s soul continuously goes through the same torture that their most prominent sin in life consistently laid on them, even without them knowing. Humans in hell are separated from God and instead choose their own gods, living out the consequence of what that god did to their soul while they were alive. In his book, Dante explores

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