Virtue’s Course: A close reading of Canto XXVI of Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno The implications of every word and line in a literary work such as The Inferno can‚ at times‚ be troubling to a new reader‚ and even to those who possess the skill of inference. However‚ when approached as closely and minutely as possible‚ it becomes somewhat simple to draw each word and line separately into something greater‚ giving new life and meaning to the voice of Dante. Canto XXVI begins with false praise to
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Fire the crucial element that contributed to the evolution of the human race. Without this substance the advancement of our species would never have come about. It can both bring about the creation of an entire civilization or destroy anything that comes within its grasp. This is why fire was so highly regarded in ancient society. Though many religions do not distinguish between the use of fire and the sun‚ it can be witnessed in their culture from art to text. The figures I have chosen to describe
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Murder of the Century Imagine turning on the television and hearing that you’re beloved president has been shot and killed. A president that touched the lives of millions no matter what race or color. A president that truly wanted peace throughout the country. If so then you probably get the same feeling that the people in the book‚ Tragedy of Macbeth‚ got when their beloved king‚ King Duncan‚ was assassinated. Unfortunately this was the case in America on the date November 22nd‚ 1963 with President
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“Live Life with Love and Love the Life we Live” Every person has its personal philosophy of life that is already built in within each one of us. We have our personal principle because the flame of divine love of God enkindled individually in human heart. To lead a happy and fulfilling life‚ I believe we should all discover our own philosophy of life. For five years formation saying in this institution of Cor Jesu Seminary I found out within myself that it was an excellent community to those who
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faith (Rom. 5:1; Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:8-9) are not forgiven and go to hell when they die (Matt. 25:46; John 3:18). When Jesus forgives someone‚ He forgives all their sins and gives them eternal life and they shall never perish (John 10:28). He does not give them temporary eternal life otherwise‚ it would not be eternal. Salvation is not based upon what you do. In other words‚ you don ’t have to obey any Law of God in order to become saved. This is because no
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addition‚ Victor’s impulsive rejection of his grotesque creation‚ leads to the Monster’s rebellion (“vowed eternal hated and vengeance to all mankind”). Despite the mismatch in time and context‚ Scott also incorporates similar elements of horror‚ but procures a man-made cataclysm that is a product of his own desire to achieve commercial dominance. Unlike Shelley’s moralistic warning‚ the flames in the opening scene highlight a dystopian world that has already reached an undesirable outcome. Revising
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“Nirvana and the Discovery of all Negating Absolute”‚ is the next Canto which has a self-explanatory title. The term ‘Nirvana’ means the individual seeker’s eternal rest in the highest non-existence. By and large‚ the term is used for liberation‚ though yet upon the earth passing into an‚ unspeakable peace and calmness. In other words‚ Jivanmukti ‘freedom from the vicious cycle of birth and rebirth’‚ Savitri experiences the Nirvana state and undergoes the different nature. It is to find out the
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Hamlet’s life as a tainted garden that only has misfortunes to look forward to. Hamlet questions his own death to being morally correct‚ as the world has become an undesirable destination. Though‚ Hamlet is reluctant to take his own life‚ as he fears eternal suffering he could face in hell‚ as the Christian religion restricts the action of
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Number A-7713 “Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. […] Never shall I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never shall I forget these things‚ even if I am condemned to live as long as God Himself. Never” (Wiesel). This quote‚ taken from the book Night by Elie Wiesel‚ testifies to the concept of transformation for Eliezer‚ a Jewish teenager who was forced to experience the horrors of the Holocaust. Eliezer‚ when living
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brightness of the sun is hidden from us and we need to use other items to give us physical light. Out of experience we know that whatever we set alight only burns for as long as there is substance for it to burn‚ once the substance is finished‚ the flame dies; therefore‚ the light that it was
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