Hell

With Dante going through the different levels of hell and how evil disagrees with God’s will, and finally the perfection of God’s justice. Due to Dante going through the many different levels of hell, he begins to feel sorrow for the people who are held there for eternity. Hell is a place whereas numerous different religions such as Christianity powerfully believe that is a spiritual realm that is filled with evil and suffering. In this text, hell is the Inferno. The bible says that, “For all have

Hell. Everyone has their own version of it, whether “hell” is where Satan whips his slaves and makes them work in flames, or its where people endure the pain of endless torture devices. In Dante Alighieri’s book “Divine Comedy”, however, Dante tells his own imagery of the awful place which lies in the underground. His inferno consists of nine rings, each with punishments for those who sin, and two others for those who aren’t religious. Dante’s Inferno inspired many artists and writers, including

Dante, first, talks about the people of Vestibule. These people are considered trimmers and neutrals. People who are in Vestibule are neither a part of Heaven nor Hell. The consequences of their actions in this world is reflected in the afterlife as a punishment. Their punishment is chasing a banner and being bitten by insects. Chasing a banner is a punishment which reflects that these people followed every opportunity in the world; therefore, they will keep doing the same thing in the hereafter

sin of suicide is portrayed through the screaming of the sinners, the change of their physical state and loss of identity, and the withstanding between their souls and their bodies. As Virgil and Dante enter the second ring of the seventh circle of hell, they are in a dark forest, surrounded by trees that display no greenery and very little signs of life. Perhaps the lack of greenery is meant to symbolize death. Greenery in forestry implies growth and health, which doesn’t

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. Personally I believe because of Dante being screwed in his own life plus the many backward thoughts of the time; Dante is much too harsh on humanity and he sends far too many people to hell. Dante’s first circle

gnashing of teeth called hell. We then see the metaphorical view which presents the descriptions of hell in Scripture as a metaphor for the worst possible thing that a culture

that, in the pattern of Christ, ascent first requires descent, a deeper understanding of the possibilities of degradation and of demeaned actuality before consciousness can be converted to conviction”(Quinones). Dante journeyed through the depths of hell in Inferno, then repents his sins in Purgatory, and finally reaches Heaven in Paradiso. The Inferno is divided into three sins: fraud, violence, and incontinence. Dante

sins that one was not able to repent for before the time of their death (McLaughlin 1). Similarly, author J.P. Ardendzen compared purgatory to hell stating, “ … The pains of hell and purgatory are in all things equal to those of hell, except that the pains of hell are eternal, and those of purgatory only temporal” (Ardenzen 29). The pain and suffering of hell comes from our rejection of God, where as our pain and suffering in Purgatory can contribute to two aspects. The first aspect is our soul, which

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1. The author states, “We can’t explore enlightenment without knowing endarkenment” (Sluyter 32). This quote is basically saying that as individuals, we cannot truly appreciate the benefits and advantages to experiencing a state of enlightenment without going through a struggling or dark experience first. Even though this may seem counter intuitive, if one only experiences and knows happiness and freedom, they then transform into a greedy and arrogant person who begins to take this form of enlightenment