the reading of his Inferno. Dante’s Inferno is Dante’s journey trying to find God who ends up on a path into the underworld through hell and is Dante’s own narration of his experience. The reading starts with Dante being in a forest and is approached by three beasts which takes him off his course and leads him to Virgil who takes him to the underworld to Hell. Hell is inside of the earth and consists of nine circles. The circles are Limbo‚ Lust‚ Gluttony‚ Greed‚ Anger‚ Heresy‚ Violence‚ Fraud‚ and
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The Devil Lurks in the Psyche The relatable affect the devil in “Paradise Lost” has on the psyche makes him a more effective villain than the three monsters in “Beowulf”. Both epic tales culminate into a battle where the rulers‚ God and Hrothgar‚ call upon the heroes‚ Christ and Beowulf‚ to defeat the villains‚ the devil and the monsters. Each epic merges Christian and traditional elements of the tales that include kings‚ heroes‚ villains‚ honor and loyalty. “Beowulf” was not available during
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his journey in Hell. As the story develops‚ he is able to overcome his selfish personality and find a balance within himself. In the novel Inferno‚ by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle‚ the main character Allen‚ travels through the nine rings of Hell. As Allen witnesses each ring‚ a little piece of him changes with each one. While he is traveling through the circles‚ he learns a lot about the world he lives in by seeing all of the past monsters of time. In order for Allen to escape Hell‚ he must accept
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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 in Hell that Dante Alighieri assigns are symbolically fair and representative of
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and painful time spent in the lake (I. 220-240‚ p.217): Farewell happy Fields Where Joy for ever dwells: Hail horrors‚ hail Infernal world‚ and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new Possessor: One who brings A mind not to be chang’d by Place or Time. The mind is its own place‚ and in itself Can make a Heav’n of Hell‚ a Hell of Heav’n. (I. 250-255‚ p.217) Taken at face value‚ the speaker renounces his past forever with a “farewell” and is ready to move forward with the new world he now believes
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redemption. Dante feels hell is a necessary‚ painful first step in any man’s spiritual journey‚ and the path to the blessed after-life awaits anyone who seeks to find it‚ and through a screen of perseverance‚ one will find the face of God. Nonetheless‚ Dante aspires to heaven in an optimistic process‚ to find salvation in God‚ despite the merciless torture chamber he has to travel through. As Dante attempts to find God in his life‚ those sentenced to punishment in hell hinder him from the true
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4/18/11 Heaven or Hell “The mind is its own place‚ and in itself‚ can make heaven of Hell‚ and a hell of Heaven.” (John Milton). How an individual lives their life is based on numerous things such as: how they were raised‚ what type of environment they are in. However‚ in The Picture of Dorian Gray the main character Dorian says “Each of us has Heaven and Hell in him‚ Basil!” (Wilde 133). What Dorian is saying is that no matter how one is raised‚ and what environment one is in they will always do
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I think that because Marlowe made the character of Faustus very human this adds to the audiences perception of him being more of a tragic figure‚ and also because Marlowe has made him emotional he is unhappy in that doesn’t want to be condemned to hell and that he has been deprived of going to heaven. The text here I think shows this when he says think’st thou that who saw the face of god‚ and tasted the eternal joys of heaven cannot tormented with ten thousand
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of the Underworld with snakes and dragons on his body to a large‚ odd looking dog that even children can pass. In Disney’s Show Hercules‚ Cerberus lost his fierce image and looks simply like an ill-tempered giant puppy. In the 1992 movie Highway to Hell‚ Cerberus became quite small‚ becoming the first instance where he wasn’t of gigantic
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were to die the next minute or even second we would be sent to hell for listening to the devilish songs. Singers like Beyonce‚ Nicki Minaj‚ Drake‚ and Lady Gaga all have those subliminal messages in them. Saying to kill and lean on them and saying that they were rich and beautiful because they worship Lucifer. Then my aunt started to say how she saw this video on YouTube of this lady that died and came back to life. She was taken to hell to see what it was like and to warn the people up on earth. She
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