twinkles were innumerable‚ I can’t help but be filled with an impending sense of doom‚ with an indisputable fatalism. And yet‚ knowing what would await‚ I cannot bring myself to end it myself. I’ll cling to these last precious moments before oblivion or hell overtakes me. Precious‚ despite everything‚ only because they’re better than the alternatives. A moment‚
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message in his infamous three-part poem‚ The Divine Comedy. The Italian poet takes the audience on a journey through the stories of Hell (Inferno)‚ Purgatory (Purgatorio)‚ and Heaven (Paradiso). Starting in the Inferno‚ Dante chronicles the expedition he himself experiences‚ under the faithful guidance of the Roman poet Virgil‚ as he travels through the nine circles of hell to reach heaven. Though an imaginative and gripping story‚ through the detailed descriptions of punishments‚ settings and characters
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In order to have balance in the world‚ whenever people are born others must die. Furthermore‚ Hades is the one who is granting people life after death‚ which is to the benifit of anyone who does not deserve to go to hell (5‚1). Also‚ When Hades sends someone to hell he judges them in a fair manner(citation needed) Another reason that Hades is regarded as evil is that the best known myth about him is about him committing an evil act. This myth was that Hades kidnapped Persephone‚ the fertility
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these elements in both allegories will provide an interesting comparison. Dante uses allegory to relate the sinner’s punishment to his sin‚ while Plato uses allegory to discuss ignorance and knowledge. Dante’s Inferno describes the descent through Hell from the upper level of the opportunists to the most evil‚ the treacherous‚ on the lowest level. His allegorical poem describes a hierarchy of evil. Conversely‚ Plato’s "Allegory of the Cave" describes the ascent from ignorance to knowledge‚ as one
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circles of Hell where he encounters numerous people including previous popes‚ famous philosophers‚ and former acquaintances receiving the appropriate punishment for their respective crimes. In literature‚ it is common for a hero to undergo a journey‚ whether it is emotional‚ physical‚ or spiritual‚ where his or her battlement of substantial obstacles results in a significant change in persona. While most critics may focus on the change in Dante’s outlook on the sinners and the circumstances of Hell‚ a more
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hiding) Devil: all you need you say? Othello: by heaven. What foul being art thou? Devil: by hell. Thou should say. Othello: egads! Thou art the devil! Devil: indeed‚ and you Othello‚ I believe we have to trade our wares now‚ come along‚ we don’t have all day. Othello: NO‚ halt! What of Desdemona? Devil: she was no quarrel with me‚ her deeds are of innocence and pure intent‚ she with heaven‚ and you with hell. Othello: alas! I cannot be apart from my love. I must be with her and she with me. Devil:
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Hell is a place of eternal punishment and torment. Mirroring Dante Alighieri’s concept of symbolic retribution‚ sinners are afflicted by the chief sins they committed. Within my version of hell‚ more attention is given to the common suffering sinners experience on their journey to their individualized punishment based on whether they committed sins of thoughts or actions‚ thus helping underscore the idea that no matter the sin committed‚ they all sinned against their Creator and deserve to travel
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Hades: Lord of the Dead God of the dead‚ wealth‚ and most certainly the Underworld‚ Hades‚ also known as Pluto in Roman‚ was a intimidating figure to the living as well as to the Gods. As you well know‚ the Underworld was a terrible place filled with fearsome beasts and monsters you won’t even believe. It is said that once you enter the Underworld you will face a fate worse than death. That within one minute you will be begging for the end. Hades was born into a family of Greek gods. He was born
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In our own Christian struggles‚ people tend to believe that it is simple as good evil. People don’t realize however that in this fight‚ the Devil can infiltrate a seemingly normal‚ Christian Human Being‚ but it’s true. Better yet‚ in our own walk with God the Devil lurks near to test what might look like a strong relationship with Christ. As shown in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s "Young Goodman Brown‚" even a grounded‚ sincere Christian can have his or her faith tested. Hawthorne’s story refers to
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Annie is unable to deal with the losses of her children and her husband and she commits suicide. Christian is elated that he will be able to spend eternity with his soul mate. His elation quickly turns to anger when he sees that Annie is damned to hell since she had committed suicide. Christian cannot
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