The Just Punishments in Dante’s Inferno Inferno‚ written by Dante in the early fourteenth century‚ is a poem about Dante’s‚ the main characters‚ journey through Hell and signifies the nature of sin on Earth and punishment in Hell (Gardner et al online). Those who sinned while on Earth are justly condemned to different levels of punishments in Hell‚ relative to their sins on Earth. Each of the nine circles of Hell represents a worse sin‚ and therefore‚ a crueler punishment. The categorized punishments
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Many people throughout history have perished or suffered for their beliefs or their religion. The story of‚ Antigone‚ includes many examples of martyrs and the ways they suffer for their beliefs. Although they do not have the same actions‚ Creon and Antigone share the same motive of restoring respect to their despised‚ incestual family through different ways. Some examples are such as how Antigone tries through gaining honor as the last great leader of her kin and how Creon attempts by using power
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heard. Yet he still does not know what to do about it‚ well at-least not until he hears his grandfather’s words to his father: Son‚ after I’m gone I want you to keep up a good fight. I never told you‚ but your life is a war and I have been a traitor all my born days‚ a spy in the enemy’s country ever since I
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word ‘blood.’ As it is used in the play‚ it signifies the consequences that come with the crime‚ as well as the sickening reality that plays out after one is murdered. We can only imagine the severity of committing murder‚ and how the aftermath may torment every waking
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The play MACBETH is filled with suffering. It begins with reports of a bloody battle‚ an execution of a traitor and Macbeth’s bloodthirsty heroism as he "unseamed" one of the invaders "from the nave of the chaps". In comparison MacBeth’s later actions are even worse as he commits violent crimes against his own people. Much of the suffering in the play is directly attributable to Macbeth. However‚ the central focus of the play is the suffering he himself undergoes‚ as he makes his way through his
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College Essay If I have the opportunity to travel back through time. I would like to stop at the Vietnam War era. When I was young‚ I didn’t obtain anything my history teacher lectured. I just learned to get over with it and not comprehend any information. Not until I came to the United States and started to learn about my country’s history. By that time‚ I was old enough to understand what this war was about and how many innocent lives have been sacrificed. This topic has attracted all my interest
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character Job is being tested by God because the devil (Satan) questioned the loyalty of Job. The devil was convinced that under the right circumstances any human can be turned into an evil person. With that being said‚ God gave the devil permission to torment Job to see if he would crack under pressure. God had faith that Job will not break under any circumstances. The devil killed his entire family and diagnosed Job with a disease. Day by day Job’s faith and patience was tested. Because of the torture
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Power can change people in a way that is incomprehensible. Power can make one so greedy that they will do anything for it and won’t let anyone‚ or thing stand in their way. In William Shakespeare’s tragic play‚ Macbeth‚ characterization is used to show that looks are deceiving when power is involved. When a person uses deception to acquire power‚ the consequences will be fatal and one’s fate will result in demise. When one becomes aware of their glorious future‚ they will do anything to acquire
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death. However‚ Creon is only trying to make sure enforcing this law that no one goes against his city and people‚ and doing this if they are real believers‚ they will think about it twice before trying anything against Thebes. In other words‚ a traitor of Thebes will never have a proper buried like the Greek believes. At the confrontation of Antigone and Creon‚ Antigone makes clear to Creon that the laws of heaven are more powerful than his laws and she was right‚ but Creon can’t let something like
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In today’s society we would never imagine ourselves of having to kill our father and also having to be mary our mother. ”Oedipus Rex” by sophocles is a tragedy that discusses the downfall of a king. Oedipus was abandoned as a child by his parents‚ whom left him to die in a mountain because of a Prophecy he was told about. It stated that the Oedipus will kill his father‚ take his throne‚ and marry his mother. As Oedipus accidentally helps a kingdom‚ he becomes the king and so the prophecy and his
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