The Divine Comedy Hell Analysis

Empires throughout the world were taught that in order to have and gain redemption, they must first grasp the moral truths that surround communities. In and amongst the pages of Dante’s The Divine Comedy, we are educated of diverse ways to relate to life through Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. This voyage Dante takes his readers on is one of uncertainty, ambivalence and inconstancy, as if we are touring an encyclopedia to increase this circle of knowledge. Realizing that moral truths are put into place to help us choose right from wrong, one’s journey has to hit a low point before the personal journey will get better. While reading The Divine Comedy I: Hell, Dante exclaims “And as a swimmer, panting, from the main, Heaves safe to shore,
Dante expresses his thoughts in this following passage when he states, “Do not come back this way a second time; The sun’s just rising; he will show a place, At which the mountain is less hard to climb.”(76) The reader can’t help noticing this passage refers to Easter morning, a time to most civilizations, of a hope of the Resurrected Savior, Jesus Christ. One’s soul is anxiously waiting it’s placement in this journey, the belief of the unity of body and soul. The celebration symbolizes the journey to everlasting goals and objectives that are within reach. Finally, reaching the journey’s end in The Divine Comedy III: Paradise, Dante is overjoyed to finally achieve the knowledge and perception of what is beyond himself. Realizing that God becomes the agent brings harmony to the soul. Being humble and willing to soak in His light, starts to reflect deep within the soul when achieved. When Dante expresses “Then she began: All beings great and small, Are linked in order; and this orderliness, Is form, which stamps God’s likeness on the All.” The realization that He is “The Light” gives us the comfort and warmth needed to excel in the journey back to