Dante's Reconciliation of a Loving God and a Horrific Hell

Dante Alighieri, a great Italian poet, is most noted for a journey, which he wrote of in his Divine Comedy series. In these works, Alighieri sends a fictional Dante through Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. The Inferno is a detailed description of Dante's journey through Hell. While on this journey, Dante witnesses the scourge of the damned through the use of all senses. He smells the foul odors, sees the horrifying sights, feels the heat, as well as the cold, and hears the overwhelming cries of all sinners. Ironically, the purpose of this journey is to expose Dante to Hell so that he will spend eternity in Heaven. Throughout this journey, we begin to realize that man is neither smart nor strong enough to face the hardships in life without the intervention of God. However, this divine intervention does not guarantee salvation. It is a choice made by man that does insure salvation. So, as seen in The Inferno, hell still exists and the chances of going there are real. A reader might wonder how God can allow this kind of suffering and pain. Dante succeeds in justifying the coexistence of God, who is omnipotent, just, and loving with a hell that is treacherous, disgust

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Approximate Word count = 1629
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)