Dante
Death and what comes after has always been a topic of great interest and uncertainty. Many have tried to depict their own vision of the afterlife, be it heaven or hell, paradiso or inferno. The inferno is more than just a fictional story about someone traveling through the universe; it’s more like an autobiographical journey of life through its author, Dante. Within the text of the inferno, Dante gives his audience a vivid clear presentation of what he as a follower of the Christian religion perceives to be hell. Dante shows that human sin is punishable in various degrees of severity and that this is dependent on the nature of one’s sinful actions. He sets forth what could very well be the most fully developed Christian understanding of justice on earth. This understanding being the ideology, that what we do as human beings, will determine what happens to us in the event of death based on God’s judgment. Dante structures the inferno around thirty-four cantos. Each of these cantos marks a steady progression from the mildest to worst of sins. Dante narrates his descent and observation through various circles and pouches. One part of this depiction is his descriptions of various punishments that each sinne
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Approximate Word count = 1032
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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