Levels Of Hell In Chopin's The Awakening

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Levels of Hell Descending down the steps that lead to hell is a frightening task, and so, a guide is needed to help one navigate through the madness that is hell. Frederic Chopin greatly influenced my love for music. He was a prodigal composer and a virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era. He wrote mainly for pianos, which was his favorite instrument. It is also my first and main instrument. Therefore, I chose him as my guide through hell. We went down a set of stairs and got to level one. The first level is for people who cannot use words such as they, they’re, their, there; its, it’s, etc. correctly no matter how much education they have received in the past. To put it simply, even though these people know how to use them correctly, …show more content…

These are people who either intentionally or unintentionally block others’ path by walking very slowing in a row or talking with their peer in the middle of the hallway. Their punishment is that they have to fall down a never ending flight of stairs for eternity. That must be pretty painful. We, however, walked down those stairs with ease and ended up in the eighth level. The “sky” was dye in a red-ish color. The air is filled with the stinky smell of sweat. Chopin informed me that this circle is for the ungrateful individuals who did not know how to appreciate what they had, what others did for them, etc. They are being forced to do everything that a devil, disguised as an old woman, ask. These are usually very burdensome tasks, and the sinners are not allowed any type of rewards for doing these. They do not even get a “thank you.” We climbed a burning ladder down to the last level of hell. In this level, people who are narrow-minded are being punished. In short, these people are very intolerant towards others ideas and opinions. They are often prejudiced too. All of the closed-minded people are gathered together in this circle. They screamed at each other because none of them are willing to listen to one another, since they all have their own beliefs and are very narrow-minded. They have to argue with each other while being burn in hell fire for as long as time

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