Cacciaguid's Journey In Paradiso By Dante Alighieri
In the “Paradiso” by Dante Alighieri, the author sees the affliction those in Hell face, and becomes troubled as to where he may end up when he dies. Virgil, his guide, has hinted that his fate may be a difficult one to face, which only unsettles Virgil further. As Dante progresses into Paradise, he capitalizes on his situation and asks Cacciaguida something of a Catch-22: What is my destiny? If he is told the answer, how he chooses to live his life will differ from the former path and will likely morph the destiny that Cacciaguida reveals. The answer is not as cut and dry as Dante has been led to believe, because according to Cacciaguida, fate is flexible and is not as rigid as Dante thinks. This revelation by Cacciaguida divulges to Dante
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Though one can watch the ship go about its journey, the “External Vision” has no ability to affect the path that the ship takes. The ship still has to make periodical stops along its overall journey if it wishes to make it all the way to its end destination; to not stop at these checkpoints along the way would impede any further progression. The purpose of the fragments of Dante’s destiny scattered throughout is to fulfill the end destiny. Without ligaments, a skeleton would only be a pile of bones waiting to be formed. Without pieces of Dante’s being destiny scattered throughout, the destiny is unable to be metastasized. If these destiny fulfilling events are already determined, one may jump to the conclusion that it does not matter what Dante decides to do with the parts of his life that he has control over. It seems callous to assume that all those that ended up in hell were fated to be there, or were predetermined to suffer. God may put some at a disadvantage, but nothing is more impressive than an underdog succeeding. Dante still has hope. Though he still has a chance to end up in hell, that would only be his own doing. All those that are in Hell are there because they acted with wrongful intention. They were not predestined to reside in Hell, their own negligence and evil within led them their. Dante still has the opportunity to be saved, he just has to want to be
Though one can watch the ship go about its journey, the “External Vision” has no ability to affect the path that the ship takes. The ship still has to make periodical stops along its overall journey if it wishes to make it all the way to its end destination; to not stop at these checkpoints along the way would impede any further progression. The purpose of the fragments of Dante’s destiny scattered throughout is to fulfill the end destiny. Without ligaments, a skeleton would only be a pile of bones waiting to be formed. Without pieces of Dante’s being destiny scattered throughout, the destiny is unable to be metastasized. If these destiny fulfilling events are already determined, one may jump to the conclusion that it does not matter what Dante decides to do with the parts of his life that he has control over. It seems callous to assume that all those that ended up in hell were fated to be there, or were predetermined to suffer. God may put some at a disadvantage, but nothing is more impressive than an underdog succeeding. Dante still has hope. Though he still has a chance to end up in hell, that would only be his own doing. All those that are in Hell are there because they acted with wrongful intention. They were not predestined to reside in Hell, their own negligence and evil within led them their. Dante still has the opportunity to be saved, he just has to want to be