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    The inferno talks about the descent of Dante into Hell with respect to the features relevant in Hell. His admiration of the character Virgil of the Aeneid led him to his reverence to the character and his incorporation of the individual into his narrative known as the Inferno. His description of the underworld with respect to the other world owes its origin from the extensive utilization of the Aeneid. His work pconcernin the description of Hell was mostly his creation. However‚ he is known for the

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    Divine Comedy‚ has been credited by many as the most outstanding work of poetry written in a vernacular language‚ and perhaps the most famous and influential part is the first—Inferno‚ which depicts Hell. Originally written in Italian‚ this piece describes Dante’s journey through all the circles of Hell as he is guided by Virgil. Although he witnesses many grotesque punishments‚ he continues to be fascinated with two things—why sinners are placed into whichever circle they are placed and what the significance

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    and analyze what the nature of evil meant to each of these authors. The Divine Comedy is an epic poem in which the author‚ Dante‚ takes a visionary journey through Hell‚ Purgatory‚ and Paradise. The purpose of Dante’s visit to Hell is to learn about the true nature of evil. He is guided in this journey by the ghost of the Roman classical poet Virgil‚ who‚ as wise in the ways of the spirit as he

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    find that he is on the edge of Hell. Dante and Virgil descend into the bottomless pit. They enter the first circle of Hell‚ Limbo‚ where the souls that are sighing live. The souls include those all Unbaptized infants and those men and women who lived before the age of Christendom. I am going to talk more about those souls later. In the previous canto‚ Dante fainted at moments of great intensity of feeling when he is shocked by the strange sights he sees in Hell. Paralleled to his violent fainting

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    inscribed on the Gate of Hell‚ as he and Virgil pass into the Ante-Inferno before the river Acheron in Canto III (III.1–7). These lines may be said to represent the voice of Hell‚ as they declare its nature‚ origin‚ and purpose‚ and thus pave the way for what is to come throughout the poem. First‚ the inscription portrays Hell as a city‚ which defines much of the geography of the poem—Hell is a geographically contained area bound by walls and containing a vast population of souls. Hell is thus a grotesque

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    look into those a bit more. I. Hell A. “We cannot be united with God unless we freely choose to love him” (CCC 1033). As we spoke about before‚ God has given us free will in order that we might choose to love. If we do not choose to love Him‚ we sin. If we continually choose to abuse our free will and live in a state of

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    Dante showing him the different depths of hell. The Hoopoe is the main character in Attar’s The Conference of the Birds; he leads the rest of the bird on a voyage to find the Simorgh. Virgil and the Hoopoe

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    Florentine i. Dante’s love even though both of them are married ii. Guide in Paradise b. Virgil the poet i. Guide through purgatory and inferno ii. Dante’s levels of hell are based off of Virgil from the 6th book of the Aeneid 4. The Divine Comedy a. Written in exile b. Took 13 years to make c. 3 sections i. Inferno (Hell) ii. Purgatorio ( Purgatory) iii. Paradiso (Paradise) d. Each section divided into cantos i. Total 100 cantos 1. 34 2. 33 3. 33 e. Written in 3 line stanzas called

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    from himself and the chain of events that he has started. It shows he believes that he is in control not the Devils. Due to the fact that he doesn’t believe in ‘hell’ “For he confounds hell in Elysium‚ His ghost be with the old philosophers!” (Christopher Marlowe‚ Doctor Faustus‚ Act 1‚ Scene 3‚ line 61-62) He thinks he will not be in hell but with the Greek philosophers‚ in pagan heaven. This shows Faustus to be quite arrogant; he comes across as thinking he is better than the devil but also as quite

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    like the fact that I don’t believe in hell‚ in order for me to really appreciate the Inferno. Probably the main thing that happened to me that shaped my views about Christianity in general was when my cousin tried to scare me into becoming a Christian when I was about 8 years old. He convinced me that unless I started being an obedient Christian who prayed and went to church and read the bible regulary‚ I was going to be sentenced to a existence of burning in hell for eternity by God. That’s a lot to

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