The people who fork through the trash symbolize that we may, one day pick at the remnants of our long lost culture, 'with an eternity in which to turn up some peculiar sensation'. Furthering this image of hell, Charon, “the demon with the long barge pole” from Greek mythology, is depicted as “a man, wiping his eyes”. The speaker alliteratively remarks, “Someone who worked here would have to weep,” highlighting the difference between reality, and hell, the speaker then comments on this image, “how can he avoid a hatred of men?” This comparison emphasizes the dark reality of the situation, leading to the downfall of humanity. Gray further extends the horrific experience to the reader
Virgil told Dante “They now commingle with the coward angels, the company of those who were not rebels nor faithful to their God, but stood apart. The heavens, that their beauty not be lessened, have cast them out, nor will deep Hell receive them-even the wicked cannot glory in them” (Virgil, 37-42). The people that reside in this level of hell did not side with God but did not side with Satan; they always went back and forth. Therefore their punishment for all eternity was running back and forth with no direction in life, they had no peace, they were always running away from the wasps. Another example is the Furies, they were in Canto 9 which was the fifth circle, the circle for wrath and sullen.
According to Dorothy Sayers, “The Inferno is not only hell, it is also human life when life has become hell. It is the closed human heart, a funnel of dissipation, violence and malice. The Inferno raises questions about the individual human heart and the human community. Dante’s hell gradually reveals itself not as a bizarre book of horribly arbitrary punishments in another world but as a clinically accurate unmasking of human corruption in this world.” Based on human actions upon earth we do live in a hell. Dante takes us on a journey through his version of hell but upon a deeper look you realize that the same weight that each sin holds in hell is equivalent to that of earth.
An eternity of realized earthly wrongdoings that have caused eternal consequence is the hell of hell. A life lived viewing oneself as the center of the universe and rejecting the love of God will cause overwhelming remorse. This, Strobel argues, is the true punishment: the acknowledge of immense wrong to a loving God and eternal regret and anguish. Strobel also argues that though the concept seems MU—why such an intense consequence for something seemingly unequal?—the actuality is that rejection of God is the greatest offence. To rebel against an all-loving Creator God is the ultimate form of rebellion and the most self-centered earthly decision to
Therefore as they step out of this world, which many claim as cruel, they enter into a true living hell in which they are doomed for eternity. All punishment given to the sinners in hell according to Dante seem perfectly reasonable. For example all the fortune tellers and people who tried to see into the future and refused to acknowledge what they had right in front of them, had their heads turned around so that they will always see behind and may never again see what they have in front of them like they did so during their life. Many would say ' how can a God that is claimed to be so merciful torture people in such a way? ', and others would mindlessly agree.
In Virgil's underworld, everyone sins equally and therefore is entitled to equal punishment. From a religious perspective, the distinction between these levels is representative of the deadly sins which explains why Dante's underworld contains levels of hell and levels of sin, and this distinguishing characteristic means that the punishment for those sins is equitable for the sinner. One of the simplest lines written in Dante’s Inferno that encompasses the dismal feeling of entering the underworld is "All hope abandon, ye who enter here." (Inferno, Canto III). The
The Scarlet Letter as a Love Story The Scarlet Letter is a story that can be perceived in many ways; it is a story of revenge, a story of sin, but most important it is a story of love. Chillingworth’s characters whole body and mind is consumed by revenge and his pure and sheer hatred towards Reverend Dimmesdale. In the novel there is sin all around the story’s main plot was sin, but that’s not the only sin that is committed. Evert Duyckinck wrote that “The Scarlet Letter is a psychological romance. It is a tale of remorse, a study of character in which the human heart is anatomized, carefully, elaborately, and with striking poetic and dramatic power” (Duyckinck 181).
Beezlebub 4. What is Satan's attitude toward God in lines 105-124? He’s upset but he won’t push back his pride and tells God, he’s never going to ask for forgiveness. 5. What does Beelzebub think about the power of Satan, him, and the other fallen angels?
Every man that is born into this world is a sinner and destined for an eternal life in hell. “Everyman” is the representation of man which focuses on the things of the world, living a materialistic, wild and sinful life with no spiritual guidance. In “Everyman”, God becomes angry with the way men are behaving on Earth. God sees that every man and “Everyman” is ignorantly leading sinful lives. They are obsessed with wealth, possessions and not aware that Jesus died for their sins.
Andrew Tuloca Mrs. Zalock AP Lang 3/4/11 Paradise lost is a work which explains god reasoning for allowing suffering in the world, and depicts Satan, the devil, pitted against God in a civil war. Specifically in the section read from our textbook, Milton writes story as to the downfall of Adam and Eve and continues on to depict and explain Satan’s reasoning behind his gradual progression towards waging war with heaven. Despite his negative connotation however, and the clear evil that is associated, Milton portrays Satan as a hero throughout Paradise lost (The section we read). Satan does not necessarily perform heroic acts of kindness as the common day idea of a hero does, but is rather depicted as fighting and working towards a cause he believes in. Likewise, Satan does not seem scared of the power of God, nor does he seem phased at the consequences of death, or eternal damnation which makes him seem courageous and bold; two crucially important characteristics of a hero.