The Gates of Hell

Dante Alighieri's The Inferno has gained great recognition over the years as one of the most important classic literary works of all time. Well known as the source that has influenced many modern day depictions of Hell, The Inferno also contains many themes and ideas that suggest how people should behave in life by demonstrating the consequences for those who do not follow God's path. In this terrifyingly striking epic poem, Dante the Poet works to make many statements of truth, though one stands

the art shows the three worlds of Christian afterlife, which are the heavenly paradise, hell, and Mount Purgatory, thereby revealing the celestial spheres. The painting dates back to around 1465. On the left side, it shows the sinners getting down to hell and souls appear being burnt by the hellfire. Dante says does as they walked inside hell, he noticed famous people, who were great but still went to hell. The first circle is limbo whereby those who never got baptized get punished. The second

images of Heaven and Hell. Hell, he acknowledges, “is locked from the inside.” Throughout the book, the narrator meets ghost people trapped in a purgatory-like state by their own wants and needs. They desire Heaven, but when given the chance to enter, they reject because they perceive something else as better. The sparkling images of material objects, earthly goals and abandoned others trick them into believing they have entered Heaven while they merely sit inside the gates of Hell. Lewis references

This sculpture shows the biblical character Adam considering the sins of his descendants. It was being made for a museum to illustrate the gates to hell but the museum was never built. The artist behind these wonderful sculptures form their art having to do with the current era and to preserve the history being made during that period of time. It may be true that nude statues are perceived offending

God created such an awful place as hell. However, without hell, people would not see God’s justice, and if there were no hell, people would not understand God’s mercy or love since there would be nothing to save people from. Hell is not like any other creation; it is an eternal place of pain and misery. In the Inferno, Dante depicts the Justices of hell since all those who are in hell have committed different sins and they have not repented. Dante asserts that hell is divided into nine levels and the

and free thousands of others from certain death in the hell of slavery? The narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, Douglass (the author) must learn to read and write, and then escape slavery. Doing so makes him become an eloquent orator whose speeches fired the abolitionist cause. But how did Frederick Douglass, a slave who could barely write, overcome all odds, and persuade thousands of people, to free all the slave’s room from the hell of slavery? In the narrative of the life of Frederick

The greek god hades controls the dark underworld, it's where you go after you die, and where other dark creatures linger there, such as cerberus. Cerberus is hades three headed dog that lives in the dark guarding the gate of “hell”. Cerberus kept the living from entering through the gates to enter Hades. According to greek legends, the creature had three heads of mixed breed dogs, he

Dante’s Inferno: Rough Draft Dante’s world has a few major points: heaven, the dark wood, the gate of hell, and the 9 levels. This whole place is what makes up the afterlife, makes up the destination of all human life after death. In many religions, death and the life after is the main reason for living in the first place. In Dante’s universe, your life dictates what happens to you after you die. And there are many different destinations in which you could wind up. Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy

A Few Words on Dante’s Inferno           Like in the Inferno, where the gates of Hell begin the journey to the bottom, so life is began by birth, and the journey to Eternity begins. Some lives are more easily lead than others, like some of the punishments in Dante’s version of Hell are worse than others. Although in Hell, there is no hope, not even the hope of hope, the journey that Dante and Virgil take can be compared with the journey of life. Just

Hi Peeps, Today's Quote "Many Smart people will go to hell because they are just too smart for God and His plans of faith in action and many dumb people will follow fools of smarts as well." ~ Jon Barnes Dummies The devil is the master dummy, who would love to turn you into a living mummy, to follow into the fiery foot steps of fools, using the latest technology, tricks, and tools. Smarts become an after thought for people burning up their time with worldly success and greed! Why should you