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    Cited: Alighieri‚ Dante. The Divine Comedy : Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso. Trans. Allen Mandelbaum. New York: Everyman ’s Library.

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    Dante’s Inferno In Dante’s Inferno‚ Hell is described in vivid detail in the eyes of Dante‚ the main character and author. Sinners are eternally punished with tortures that fit their sins. This idea of retributive justice and the role of human reason in the form of Virgil are the two main themes in the poem. Canto VIII contains Dis‚ the capital of Hell and is most representative of these themes. The sinners caught in the 5th circle‚ Styx‚ are the Wrathful‚ ones that purposely harm others physically

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    Dante’s Inferno Circle two‚ the sin of lust is a place where there are constant whirlwinds and where people who have affairs or not honest relationships. In the book two sinners that Dante has put there is Francesca and Paolo because Paolo is Francesca brother-in-law and they had an adult relationship together. The punishment of the sin of lust is that the sinners are in a constant whirlwind. The whirlwind is described in the book as “Here‚ there‚ up‚ down‚ they whirl and‚ whirling‚ strain/ with

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    sin and grows closer to God through his experiences in the afterlife‚ specifically as he sees how sinners in Hell are punished‚ encounters spirits in Purgatory who kept God waiting in life‚ and has a personal experience with God in Heaven. In (the) Inferno‚ Dante shows development as he grows from having sympathy for sinners in Hell to believing that they deserve punishment for their sins. When

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    In The Inferno - Dante’s Immortal Drama of a Journey Through Hell‚ Dante allows the reader to experience his every move. His mastery of language‚ his sensitivity to the sights and sounds of nature‚ and his infinite store of knowledge allow him to capture and draw the reader into the realm of the terrestrial hell. In Canto 6‚ the Gluttons; Canto 13‚ the Violent Against Themselves; and Canto 23‚ the Hypocrites; Dante excels in his detailed portrayal of the supernatural world of hell. In each

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    Ulysses in Dante’s The Inferno Dante places many figures of Greek mythology‚ Roman antiquity‚ and some political enemies in Hell. For some of these people his reasoning suits their punishment‚ for others it doesn’t‚ and for some we don’t know enough about them to verify their placement. Ulysses is placed in the eighth circle of Hell and in the eighth bolgia with the evil counselors for his acts in the Trojan War. Dante’s reasoning behind his placement was unjust and Ulysses does not deserve the

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    Despite the changing of the appearance of the characters‚ I still liked the film because it is engaging and it is detailed. Although some descriptions are not the real ones. But it is okay. It can be understood easily and it made me more informed about inferno and the nine circles. Moreover‚ the film was animated so it was not boring to

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    Brent Fairchild Professor Wilkie Humanities 220 4/25/13 Dante’s Inferno Essay The way that Dante portrays Hell in the Inferno is very specific and filled with loads of lots of imagery. The book uses lots of figurative language‚ while being complimented with the very intricate descriptions of the physical world. The logic of the structure of Hell‚ as well as the nature of God’s action for placing people there for their crimes‚ shows Dante’s great imagination. Dante’s work is not anything of

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    Milena Zalloni Western Heritage II Paper 1 There are many different outlooks on “human nature”‚ what it consists of‚ what it brings out in people‚ or what it can cause people to do. In the Dante’s Inferno‚ Montaigne’s Essays‚ and Shakespeare’s The Tempest‚ there are many different views on human nature itself. In this paper‚ I will answer different questions that these books bring to the surface. What do all humans have in common? What motivates human choices and behavior? On what aspects of

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    Hillary Stryker ENGL 2201 Position Paper #3 In Dante’s Inferno‚ sinners in Hell are punished according to the nature of their sin. Dante uses the concept of contrapasso‚ so that the punishment fits the crime of the sinners. Some sinners literally become the embodiment of their sins‚ while others become victims in the afterlife of the crimes they committed while living. In the Inferno‚ sinners aren’t just damned to Hell for eternity‚ but punished individually for the crimes that got them there

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