Simol Shah Dr. Soares November 3‚ 2014 HON 171 Hell’s Soul Purpose: Exploring the Rhetorical Constructions of Dante’s Inferno In his mildly satiric epic poem The Inferno (1317)‚ Dante Alighieri asserts that individuals must learn to reconcile their sympathy and emotional naiveté for the acceptance of suffering and the violence of God’s justice. He suggests that pity for sinners clouds an individual’s pursuit of stringent moral standards and could make him or her unfit for entrance into Purgatory
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the Online Oxford Dictionary‚ growth is defined as “the process of developing physically‚ mentally‚ or spiritually.” (Online Oxford Dictionary) Dante’s Inferno‚ the literary text under examination‚ was written as a comedy in the sense that it was considered to be wildly impossible for man‚ in his folly‚ to attempt to achieve a divine understanding of God’s will. However‚ in spite of impending failure‚ Dante tackles the controversial topic of the existence of an afterlife and the effects of one’s
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God as the basic symbol of faith‚ are very important. Communion sacraments used during Catholic mass are bread (or wafer) and wine. The bread represents His body and the wine the blood of Jesus; and through the act of transubstantiation by a priest‚ parishioners believe they actually become the blood and body of Christ. When Bishop Barron says‚ “Live in me‚ remain in me‚ eat my body‚ and drink the blood of me” he is speaking for Christ. But even more so than communion‚ Barron believes that the church
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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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Alighieri’s The Inferno has been renowned as a great classic of western literature. To completely understand the direction of the novel you must to read between the lines. There are many reasons as to why Dante gave his sinners such specific punishments. Most of these punishments were closely related or the opposite of the sins committed. Irony is seen in many ways throughout The Inferno. As Dante takes you through his version of Hell he uses imagery to describe each of his nine levels‚ it’s sinners‚ and their
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level of strength of the offense towards God. In his poem‚ the Inferno‚ Dante includes three major levels of sin. One of these major sins is violence. Somebody once said that‚ “Life is difficult and then you die.” In the 7th circle located in the second inner circle one of the violent sins are those violent against themselves‚ which‚ as one can see in this quote are those who commit suicide. Lower Hell is the City of Dis. In Inferno‚ Dis is mostly set aside for “intellectual sins rather than simple
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to Earth to retrieve Dante and act as his guide through Hell and Purgatory. Since the poet Virgil lived before Christianity‚ he dwells in Limbo (Ante-Inferno) with other righteous non-Christians. As author‚ Dante chooses the character Virgil to act as his guide because he admired Virgil’s work above all other poets and because Virgil had written of a similar journey through the underworld. Thus‚ Virgil’s character knows the way through Hell and can act as Dante’s knowledgeable guide while he struggles
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Referring to the article “Sinners in the hands of an angry God‚” which is the work of Jonathan Edwards‚ a religious scholar who acknowledges the idea that the Israelites sinned and were wicked in the eyes of God. According to Edwards‚ the Israelites were God`s chosen people‚ and they were privileged to live by the grace of God. As a result of their wickedness‚ there was an impending danger because the wrath of God was upon them. Despite this imminent risk of vengeance from God‚ they were given an
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The Inferno written by Dante is a haunting and gruesome tale of one man’s journey through hell. Taking place in 1300 Dante writes about a character named Dante. Throughout the book we are not sure if the character is strictly sketched out like Dante himself or just simply named Dante. Most scholars of Dante believe that he used the name Dante but suggest that no evidence has been given to support the character Dante being based on the poet Dante. The Inferno is about Dante’s travels through hell with
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