As they enter through the gates of hell they read the sign on the gate, which reads “ABANDON ALL HOPE, YOU WHO ENTER”. The first place they enter is the Ante-Inferno, which isn’t really part of hell but is still a place of eternal punishment for those who were neither good nor evil. In this part of hell they were continuously strung and bitten by bees and wasps and were consumed by worms. As they exit this part of the Inferno they pass a river called Acheron, which is the border of hell. As they cross the river Dante sees all the damned souls waiting to be punished and sent into hell he then realizes that only the punished and eternally damned souls enter into hell and faints at the thought of entering such a place he might not be able to get out…
Dante’s Inferno depicts all the different types of major sins you can commit in your lifetime and the punishments you will endure thereafter. Dante had a system for these punishments that worked on the idea of divine justice. Basically, whatever temptations you succumbed to, you will be punished in a deserving manner based on how bad the sin was. Dante’s 9 circles were in order from bad to worse, 9 being the worst.…
No one wants to suffer for eternity however for some it’s a reality.The suffering of souls was shown countless ways in the spiritual epic Dante’s Inferno.In this spiritual epic Dante is guided through hell to prevent him for continuing his poor choices.Some of these punishments were contrapasso,which means a punishment that is symbolic to their sin.Knowing all of this information I will be explaining a certain level of hell and why its punishment and its location is contrapasso.…
This, however, differs from the stereotypical depiction of Satan in Hell by making Satan appear more like a monster rather than the angel he once was. Dante sees Satan positioned, “from his mid-breast forth… three faces on his head… underneath each came forth two mighty wings, such as befitting were so great a bird,” (Canto 34). As Satan tries to move and escape, the more he flaps his bat-like wings, he stays more frozen and it only gets more cold in circle…
Dante talks to many souls while he is in hell. None of which repent for their sins. All of the souls in hell are being punished so if any of them do repent it cannot be known if it is genuine or not because they are being tortured, and for repentance to be repentance it has to be for the love of God. Repentance is not a turning to God to gain forgiveness. Repentance is not a turning to God to avoid punishment. Repentance has is asking for forgiveness from God because of the love that one has for God and because they are truly sorry.…
In myths, folklore, stories, etc., Hell is looked at as a place of torment and punishment in the afterlife. Hell is supposed to be the furthest place away from one’s God or beliefs. The wronged, sinners, and the “evil” get sent there, to be punished for their wrongdoings. Hell is described as either a fiery pit, or an icy quarry, and to this day we still do not know. With gathered information from ones imagination, from Dante's Inferno, and the fact that Hell is furthest away from warmth and light, one could conclude that Hell is indeed an icy quarry.…