Dante’s Divine Comedy is the tale of one man’s spiritual journey in the quest for salvation. He enters the Gates of Hell‚ descends to the bowls of the earth where he encounters Satan‚ and eventually is able to ascend through Purgatory. His journey culminates with his contemplation of the Mystic Rose. Dante’s description of his journey to Hell is as gruesome as his depiction of its master. As ugly as he once was beautiful‚ Satan is depicted as a huge‚ hideous dragon-like beast‚ with a shaggy
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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 the help of his guide‚ Virgil. Dante gets
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there are no original manuscripts from Dante himself‚ there are about 800 copies of it (Sayers‚ Purgatory). The Divine Comedy’s structure is quite complicated; it consists of 33 cantos and composed of about 1‚400 lines‚ divided into three chapters: Hell‚ Purgatory‚ and Paradise. There is an initial chapter that serves as an introduction to the whole poem. The poem is written in the first person where Dante is the main character. He tells a journey through the realms of the dead.
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afterlife‚ while ignoring the many interpretations. Most Christians believe that there is a heaven and hell; where heaven is a place in which believers will enjoy freedom from sin and suffering‚ and hell is a place in which unbelievers and sinners will suffer. The afterlife consists of three main concepts which are heaven and hell‚ salvation‚ and purgatory. As the first concept is heaven and hell‚ Christians believe in the immortality of the soul. The general belief is that souls that are saved enter
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Sin Can sin really decide a person’s eternal fate? For thousands of years‚ people have accepted that sin is a breach of the religious laws set out in the bible and an offense against God that can result in a permanent place in hell. However‚ there has never been any solid proof of that. Really‚ sin is not only a violation of religious laws‚ but good morals‚ and does not necessarily decide anyone’s eternal fate. In the Catholic religion‚ there are two types of sin: mortal and venial
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uphold you and keep you out of hell‚ than a spider’s web would have to stop a fallen rock" (Edwards). This image deeply affected his audience. Edwards used the fear of Hell to lock the crowd’s attention and convince them to praise God. This fear led his followers to help their fellow men in order to please God. Although society today is not as extreme as Edwards‚ there is still an underlying fear of Hell that will never go away. The Bible declares that the people going to Hell are‚ "the cowardly‚ the unbelieving
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Joycelyn Anne Ellis Book: To Kill a Mockingbird Topic: ‘Cry about what‚ Mr Raymond?’ ‘Cry about the simple hell people give other people.-without even thinking…’ 1479 Words ‘Cry about what‚ Mr. Raymond?’ ‘Cry about the simple hell people give other people.-without even thinking…’ In the novel "To kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee‚ one of the main ideas depicted is about "the simple hell people give other people." In "To kill a Mockingbird"‚ this idea is cleverly written through a number of
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eliminating wicked people and ultimately sending them to hell. Moreover‚ he acknowledged that God held and restrained the devil with his mighty and powerful hand from descending onto human beings and destroying them. This is because the old serpent is depicted as being ready to pounce on them when the gate to hell is widely opened willing to swallow evil human beings. Although he concedes to these dark forces and principles that reign in hell are powerful‚ and he believes they cannot match the power
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Islam - According to Muslims‚ Islam is the final version of God’s Religion. It was revealed to Adam (Alahi Salam). - Allah finally revealed to a man named Muhammad (PBUH); he is now considered the last Prophet of Islam. - Islam is an Arabic word which means ‘Surrender’‚ ‘Obedience’ or ‘Submission’. - Muslims believe that they should surrender to the will of god. - This is because Muslims believe that if a person totally obeys the will of Allah‚ they will achieve peace in themselves
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