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The 20th century philosopher Emanuel Levinas, responding to the horrors of the Holocaust, considers our ethical responsibility to other humans as follows: “The Ego loses its sovereign coincidence with self, its identification where consciousness comes back triumphantly to itself to reside in itself…The challenge to self is precisely reception of the absolutely other…[T]he Other hails me and signifies to me…by its destitution, an order. Its presence is the summons to respond…To be Me/Ego thenceforth

In Dante’s Inferno, one chapter of three in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, the main protagonist of the poem, Dante frequently uses romance and love as one of the main themes to express his message and vision of Hell he portraits in the story. Dante’s Inferno is an epic poem about a recounting of Dante and his incredible journey through Hell and its many levels while he is being guided by Virgil. In the story, Hell is shown to have nine levels of suffering depending on what kinds of sin you committed

Dante takes his readers to a dark world by giving details of the afterlife. He relates the characters to the reader and shows the sins these characters committed. Along with a summary of Inferno, Francesca and Paolo will be discussed. They both appear in Canto V, in the Second Circle of Hell which is saved for the lustful. This sin stood out because it can be more related to most people—then and now. According to the Bible, God states in 1 Peter 2: 11-12, “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers

The Divine Comedy: Love and Lust In a Nutshell Francesca once confided in Dante, “Love, that releases no beloved from loving, took hold of me so strongly through his beauty that, as you see, it has not left me yet. Love led the two of us unto one death” (Inf. V, 103-106). Hundreds of years later, Francesca’s words still ring true. However, she was actually not speaking of love, but lust. The topic of pure, divine love is explored in this epic poem, particularly in Canto III when Dante first enters

In St. Augustine’s Confessions and Dante’s Inferno, the central characters in their respective narratives are presented a message from which induces distinct reactions. More importantly, their reactions are reflections of their perspective concerning the Christian outlook towards life and passion. In Book VIII.xi (29) the reader finds St. Augustine in a state of despair and anguish because of his ongoing internal struggle between his mind and body. Afterwards, he undergoes a surreal experience

Hell, the fiery eternal abyss has had profound influence on almost every aspect in our modern world. Paintings and sculpture have been great tools to help us envision the realm of suffering. One of these great sculptures is called the Gates of Hell, created by Auguste Rodin who was influenced by Dante Alighieri’s, Inferno. In the beginning of Canto 3 of the Inferno, Dante and Virgil are about to walk through the gates to the underworld. Although the entrance is referred to as an arch in the Inferno

The Crossroad of Christian Sin Versus Moral Vice One is not wicked solely on the basis that they perform wicked acts, just as one who sins is not always a sinner. Sin covers a wide range of behaviors; but if these behaviors become habits are they still sins? Augustine seemed to believe that sins, whether small or large, are committed when man turns away from God. Similar to sin, Aristotle frequented the discussion on vice, a state of excess or deficiency, with virtue being the middle ground

Around 1314, Dante Alighieri completed the Inferno, the first section of what would make up The Divine Comedy, a collection of three poems reflecting Dante’s imaginative journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. In these poems, Dante the poet describes the pilgrimage that Dante the pilgrim must complete to attain salvation. With the Roman poet Virgil as his guide, Dante the pilgrim must purge himself of his own sinful nature, which can only be achieved by observing and learning from those that

From the very beginning of Dante’s Inferno, a difference in the characterization of Dante the Poet and Dante the Pilgrim is very evident. While Dante the Poet is the one essentially writing the epic poem and shamelessly assigning each sinner’s punishment, Dante the Pilgrim is traveling through the different Circles of Hell and experiencing each sinner’s emotions first hand. Dante the Poet has a different perspective on each sinner which permits him to be aware of details that Dante the Pilgrim is

Hell’s Influence (An analysis of whether or not hell is a legitimate propaedeutic for moral behavior through the study of Dante’s Inferno) Go to Hell… a phrase we hear often. From the time we are young, the pastors and preachers of the various churches we attend dictate our behavior by threatening us. They tell us continually that if we don’t follow the commandments of God at all times and in all places, we are going to go to Hell. The only way to avoid it is to repent of all of our sins and never