In your vision of hell, there were more things that I agreed with than disagreed with that were included in my personal beliefs that I would like to address in this letter. One of the more important factors of this book was that the punishment more often than not fit the crime by the divine justice of god, which I believe, should occur also taught to us by religion. Some examples of this would be how those who were violent against neighbors glorified themselves in the blood of others were punished justly by having to spend the rest of their days in boiling blood of those they killed or the gluttons who squandered the abilities god have given them in favor of drink and food were punished by Cerebus by wallowing in their own filth. Another thing that I concurred with my morals was that even though Dante may have gone astray a little in his life or in his beliefs in the depths of hell those who care about him to receive salvation gave him a chance. I was taught to believe that even though humans in their own frailties will sin and may be given a chance at salvation given that the
When finishing this journey through hell, I learned several things through reading this piece. I have certainly broadened my perception of hell and how it functions or maybe how it should function in even today's modern world. Though this piece of literature has been written so long ago, they can still learn a lot from it and maybe come to terms with what they have been putting off so long in the eyes of god. Another thing this book that has changed my opinion about is suicide. I knew it was a horrible thing but now I have realized that it is a far more horrible sin than I have thought it out to be. To take your own life is not only a sin against yourself it is a sin against god and that you have chosen to end your own life without living it out to the fullest and accepting the consequences without thinking about how it will affect others.
Out of all the characters in the book, my favorite character was Virgil for many reasons. He met Dante at the beginning of the book to offer him salvation from him walking too astray from the path from god with the help of those who cared about him. He le
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