Character Analysis: The Divine Comedy

To spare him the result of his own activity is to insult his ideal nature by denying his freedom. Hell is the Creator's final tribute of respect to the being he made in his own image; and, as both Wisdom and Love imply recognition of the essential nature of their object, they concur with Justice in demanding the punishment of the sinner” (125). In this part of the comedy, the reader is introduced to the theme of justice as correlated to a human's exact actions during his or her lifetime. Blow describes The Inferno to be full of varying punishments that are simply a correlation to the misconduct that was done while living. “

In Dante’s Inferno, Dante thoroughly describes what he believes Hell to be. He lists many sins, along with their punishments and placements in Hell. Strangely enough, Dante does not have a specific circle for idolatry, the worship of idols, or something other than God. This is thought to be strange because idolatry is generally considered a grave sin. One possible explanation of this is that each sin in itself can be viewed as a form of idolatry.

It is very interesting and informative to understand the kind of punishment one would have that represents the true nature of their sin, but the reader knows that this is all fictional so it can just be taken as an informative way that fits the purpose of the poem. Augustine providing actual events; the reader can apply Augustine’s experiences with sin to his or her life. Dante’s Inferno is viewed to be encyclopedic and not personal because the story holds no true events. We can make the assumption that It is the true events and experiences that make a story personal because they hold more value.

Many of us sometimes lie awake thinking of life, death, and what happens after. Nobody knows for certain what happens once the soul leaves the body, we don’t know if there will be life after death, we don’t know if we will be punished for all that we’ve done wrong, and for that reason many of us fear death and try to stay on the straight, morally right path in order to avoid Hell. In the epic poem, The Inferno, written by Dante Alighieri, we get a sense of what Hell is like, or at least Alighieri’s rendition of Hell. After venturing from the straight path, Alighieri’s self-based character, Dante, finds himself on the verge of entering Hell. Dante’s figure for human reason, Virgil, a Virtuous Pagan, leads Dante through the nine circles of Hell

He laid the foundation for medieval papacy and dilineated what he believed would be a successful papacy. The corruption and lies could be a negative outcome of the papacy because it was this that led to the Protestant Reformation

Furthermore, the remarkable impact John Edwards had on his puritan audience it that if they do not repent they will be “swallowed up in everlasting destruction” as according to the text. This shows that if you don’t repent you will go to hell and in

What makes Canto II so intriguing is not only the abundance of backstory and context given for the purpose of Dante going through Hell, but the eloquent and poetic language used to tell the story and give us our first impression of Dante’s old love, Beatrice. Similar to how Dante is feeling, it is unclear to readers why this man is about to get a personal tour of Hell, so Virgil’s explanation acts as a hook to introduce us to what’s to come. Canto II begins with Dante voicing his apprehension about the upcoming journey, telling Virgil that “‘I am no Aeneas or Paul:/Not I nor others think me of such worth,/And therefore I have my

Antonio’s first encounter with the golden carp tests his Catholic faith in which he learns from this experience. “I could not have been more entranced if I had seen the Virgin, or God himself. The golden carp had seen me.”(pg 114) Antonio’s Catholic faith is being tested for the first time.

Brian Skrzypek 09/24/15 YA Fiction: #5 The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman: Interview Questions Question #1: While your book has drawn much success, how do you respond to the several critics who bash on your book for being anti-Catholic? Was it an intention to promote Atheism within The Golden Compass? Answer #1: Well...within the story of The Golden Compass, there is a church that has acquired great political power in the same way that some religions in our own world have done at various times.

The comments from my instructor, the online material, my research, the online writing center and comments from other students in the discussion boards have helped me so much to improve my writing skills. In the writing process, the step that I feel I have improved a lot is editing, as I am constantly reading my writings and editing them as I finish them, over and over again before I publish them. The steps in the writing process that I like the most are finding a topic in the Pre-writing step and Drafting. I like having a lot of ideas floating around and think about which idea is the best and the most exciting topic to talk about.

God has a right to be angry at the human world. Humans make mistakes left and right, but we don’t sin in purpose. God forgives us for our sins, but the Author of “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” said something different. Jonathan Edwards told many that even the smallest sin, even a sin that can easily be set right, deserves the same punishment as killing someone.

He builds this not only use to reflect the darkness of the former pontificate, but also use to warn him everyday that he won’t become such rule anymore. The last one is “Mass of Bolsena,” it shows the Pope kneeling, rather than enthroned.” So why he doesn’t choose the idea of the enthrone rather than kneeling? Pope kneeling means this pope is not just a ruler or a dictator, but he is also a normal person, a person that blessed by God.

His sermon and Bradstreet’s poem are alike in their ability to show eternal life and the prizes and consequences of following and putting your faith into God. Bradstreet shows the consequences of sin by using a subtle interpretation to go back to righteous ways, Edwards on the other hand is very aggressive in the way he shows the price of sin and to “persuade” un pure puritans back to christ. He is very detailed in the way he speaks on hellfire and pain. Both writers attempt to draw back puritans and to show the cost of sin in two different ways. Both writers show the eternal life given to them good or bad , sinful or righteous.

so I thought. As he starts to tell me things about him self I start to back up he says you never met my father but you know him oh so well. His name is Lucifer. I ask how is that possible when that is Satan is in Hell.

Not only is it possible to sin against others, but also against ourselves. Sin can be present in the forms of greed, envy, murder, deceit, malice, adultery, or numerous others. Historically, human relationships are continuously struggling because of our sins against one another. Being created in God’s own image (Genesis 1:27) means that if someone willingly takes it upon themself to sin against another or themselves, it’s the equivalent of sinning against God. It is stated in the book of Mark (12:31), man should love his neighbor as himself.