Comparing Dante's Inferno And A Good Man
Dante's inferno and Flannery O'Connor's A good man is hard to find have the same kind of virtues, but manage to represent them in separate ways. The moral codes that each of the authors abide by represent their state of mind and fully fulfill the characters actions. Dante and O'Connor both have a way to go against the catholic institution in a certain way. In comparison, both literary works are focused on heaven being the goal and hell being opposite. In A good man is hard to find, the grandmother had a complicated set of moral codes that did not compel with the natural moral codes that a catholic would be known to have. The catholic values are set to be the most reliable and trustworthy person one can be. Unfortunately the grandmother's intention
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Dante's eternal goal was go visit heaven and find himself after repenting his sins previously. Taking the journey to make up and learn from his mistakes. In comparison to A good man is hard to find, the family has heaven within their reach, but unfortunately it seems that the grandmother does not repent her sins after all the misleading and lying she has done throughout the trip. The mother was dressed as a heavenly spirit would in hopes of that brining her eternal goodness, but a dress does not affect the choices that she made that ultimately caused the family's death. The Misfit is a perfect example of someone who is not resentful of his murders that he committed after escaping the prison. The Misfit and his henchmen are the only ones that know the outcome of their actions and still accept full responsibility. The Misfit ends up stealing the clothes off the family members that he just had killed in order to suffice himself with a proper outfit. Evil played a major role in "A good man is hard to find" due to the fact that the mother, the one that everyone trusted and cared for ended up being one of the evil characters to end with. The grandmother caused eternal harm and was greedy beyond expression. The Misfit alongside with the grandmother was also a evil character since he was the one who did the senseless murders, although the short glimpse of good was seen in him when he said that he never killed his father and that the flu of back then did and he was falsely blamed for it. In comparison to Dante's The Inferno, Dante was evil to a extent at the very beginning, but he had regret and repented his sins and attempted to fix what he did wrong. Forgiveness and acknowledgement of doing wrong is the first sign of a good person being brought back, and that is something that was just not circulating around in O'Connor's point
Dante's eternal goal was go visit heaven and find himself after repenting his sins previously. Taking the journey to make up and learn from his mistakes. In comparison to A good man is hard to find, the family has heaven within their reach, but unfortunately it seems that the grandmother does not repent her sins after all the misleading and lying she has done throughout the trip. The mother was dressed as a heavenly spirit would in hopes of that brining her eternal goodness, but a dress does not affect the choices that she made that ultimately caused the family's death. The Misfit is a perfect example of someone who is not resentful of his murders that he committed after escaping the prison. The Misfit and his henchmen are the only ones that know the outcome of their actions and still accept full responsibility. The Misfit ends up stealing the clothes off the family members that he just had killed in order to suffice himself with a proper outfit. Evil played a major role in "A good man is hard to find" due to the fact that the mother, the one that everyone trusted and cared for ended up being one of the evil characters to end with. The grandmother caused eternal harm and was greedy beyond expression. The Misfit alongside with the grandmother was also a evil character since he was the one who did the senseless murders, although the short glimpse of good was seen in him when he said that he never killed his father and that the flu of back then did and he was falsely blamed for it. In comparison to Dante's The Inferno, Dante was evil to a extent at the very beginning, but he had regret and repented his sins and attempted to fix what he did wrong. Forgiveness and acknowledgement of doing wrong is the first sign of a good person being brought back, and that is something that was just not circulating around in O'Connor's point