Dantes Inferno
The Journey of Dante
Dante records journey through hell in the book "The Inferno." Dante's poem records is thoughts and views of the punishments to get to hell and the sins accomplished to get their. Dante breaks down the lay out all the way through hell and give one an idea of the order that the punishments fall to be placed closer to the center of hell. Dante begins during the era of the middle Ages and shows the reader throughout poem of the dominance of the Roman Catholic Church through the Renaissance era.
Dante starts out traveling up the hill that is blocked by three beasts; this is where the dark ages began. This is where “Dante's Divine Comedy' was one of the lights that led the west out of the Dark Ages and towards the light of the Renaissance.” As Dante passes through the depths of hell he begins to see sins that would be punished and tortured in medieval times to the same acts that are displayed in the era of the Renaissance, and yet are treated in other ways. It is the Renaissances era that is responsible for bringing Dante out of journey through hell.
Dante was exiled from Florence in 1302 and this is where his feelings are coming from. When Dante come out of the dark forest Dante is blocked by the three beasts. The beasts are a lion, a leopard, and she wolf. The lion is seen to poses pride, the leopards' role is that of lust and the she wolf represents what is greed or avarice. The three ferocious beasts have three of the seven deadly sins. These seven sins are from the Christians of the medieval times period.
“THROUGH ME YOU ENTER INTO THE CITY OF WOES”
”THROUGH ME YOU ENTER INTO ETERNAL PAIN,”
”THROUGH ME YOU ENTER THE POPULATION OF LOSS.”
…
”ABANDON ALL HOPE, YOU WHO ENTER HERE.”
As Dante is passes through the gates of hell, he finds that “The heavens, that their beauty not be lessened, have cast' them out, and deep hell receive them.” This propels Dante's believes of the Christian's ideas in order from the
Dante records journey through hell in the book "The Inferno." Dante's poem records is thoughts and views of the punishments to get to hell and the sins accomplished to get their. Dante breaks down the lay out all the way through hell and give one an idea of the order that the punishments fall to be placed closer to the center of hell. Dante begins during the era of the middle Ages and shows the reader throughout poem of the dominance of the Roman Catholic Church through the Renaissance era.
Dante starts out traveling up the hill that is blocked by three beasts; this is where the dark ages began. This is where “Dante's Divine Comedy' was one of the lights that led the west out of the Dark Ages and towards the light of the Renaissance.” As Dante passes through the depths of hell he begins to see sins that would be punished and tortured in medieval times to the same acts that are displayed in the era of the Renaissance, and yet are treated in other ways. It is the Renaissances era that is responsible for bringing Dante out of journey through hell.
Dante was exiled from Florence in 1302 and this is where his feelings are coming from. When Dante come out of the dark forest Dante is blocked by the three beasts. The beasts are a lion, a leopard, and she wolf. The lion is seen to poses pride, the leopards' role is that of lust and the she wolf represents what is greed or avarice. The three ferocious beasts have three of the seven deadly sins. These seven sins are from the Christians of the medieval times period.
“THROUGH ME YOU ENTER INTO THE CITY OF WOES”
”THROUGH ME YOU ENTER INTO ETERNAL PAIN,”
”THROUGH ME YOU ENTER THE POPULATION OF LOSS.”
…
”ABANDON ALL HOPE, YOU WHO ENTER HERE.”
As Dante is passes through the gates of hell, he finds that “The heavens, that their beauty not be lessened, have cast' them out, and deep hell receive them.” This propels Dante's believes of the Christian's ideas in order from the