Dante’s Inferno Relevance to Today Dante created a hell in Dante’s Inferno that portrays what Dante believe hell was. Dante’s hell is outlandish to many readers, but in some instances the text does have relevance to today’s society. In other cases, the times have changed therefore the relevance of Dante’s Inferno to today’s society has decreased. Gluttony is one of the most persistent issues today. In Dante’s hell, people that were accused of this sin constantly get rained on by fecal matter to punish them for what they have done.
Again, he is taking his anger out on an innocent animal, by making the horse unrideable, and therefore likely to be beaten or sold on. Furthermore, the word ‘foul’ suggests he feels bad about hexing an animal he loved, hence the description of it as ‘foul’. Also, the word hex is traditionally associated with witches, when earlier on he was talking about being ‘scorned as…witch’. This could suggest that although he doesn’t like to think of himself as a witch, he has witch-like qualities- in the eyes of others at least. In Medusa, another emotion is bitterness.
The main being abuse. Although there are many examples from animal abuse, abuse between performers and working men, the most apparent to the audience and Jacob alike is the abuse between August and Marlena. Despite August’s charismatic exterior his underlying makeup is one filled with jealousy, rage, and the overpowering need to feel respected. Jacob is well aware of this and wants nothing more than to steal his beloved Marlena away; when the opportunity presents itself Jacob turns on everything in-order-to do so. With Marlena comes a violent confrontation to say the least but Jacob knows it’s not right for him or Marlena to leave her that fate.
Many of them dislike him through jealousy; only a handful detests him fearing that he will be a tyrant. To assess Caesar’s personality in a correct perspective, it is necessary to keep this background in mind. In the unfolding events of the tragedy, we can see the various elements of Caesar’s character, ranging from his love to his wife and friends to his boastful vanity and arrogance which ultimately pave the way for his own end. Caesar disliked Contemplation of the sequence of events, as unfolding in the play, may be a decent approach for this evaluation. In the opening scene, workers come out on the streets, without going for work, to see Caesar returning to Rome in triumph over Pompey.
Each text explores Madness in different ways. Madness in the content of Macbeth is unlike the Madness in Firestorm because the characters in Macbeth have made their own mayhem out of their own insanely chaotic actions but the character in Firestorm is being led to madness because of the environment around him and he had never meant for this to happen. In text 1 Macbeth, Madness is exposed when Lady Macbeth thinks she has a ‘spot’ of Duncan’s blood on her hands, she tries to wash this figment of her imagination off her hands, as she cries
This reason is furthered by the fact that a main character is often the one depicted as transitioning to madness. The descent into madness, while often violent in its repercussions, is useful to illustrate a point that is described throughout the entirety of the story as the character’s mentality shifts. Both Shakespeare and Bronte use the descent into madness as a way to illustrate a certain point: the validity of remaining true and unyielding to one’s human nature. Once what is essentially one’s own person is ignored, that same individual begins to suffer more and more as the situation remains
The narrator of this story is plagued by his addiction that is seemingly haunting him. He no longer seems to recognize himself in his actions and Pluto is a constant affirmation of his unfortunate habit. Yet, with this steadfast addiction, the mood that is set, allows the assumption that the narrator fears himself and the person that he has become, more than anything else. He finds himself in a position where he is the cause of destruction in his own life and this ensues great anguish. Furthermore, in “The Fall of the House of Usher,” as the narrator is explaining the effects of Usher’s crazed mindset, he says, “At times, again, I was obliged to resolve all into the mere
Which means, to think and dwell on your questionable deeds can make a man go crazy. In the play Macbeth, this is a recurring theme throughout one of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedies. Many motifs contributed to the theme but none was more frequent than blood. Throughout the play, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s guilt is exposed through images of blood. This guilty conscience causes serious mistakes, such as killing Banquo and MacDuff’s family, which eventually leads to Macbeth going mad and eventually to his death
In literature, the victim is the most complex character. Victims often become depressed, but sometimes they overreact and lash out in rage. It takes a special character to withstand a bombardment of abuse. In the Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare creates a victim of mistreatment and discrimination, named Shylock, who still manages to keep his human emotions. Mistreatment of others can become addictive for many abusers.
Public violence, a deadly plague committed by many individuals around the world, results in deadly effects contributing to the breakage of a society. This is evident in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare has a very strong message on public violence leading to devastation, shown by the effects of certain vicious actions. Firstly, those that are themselves involved in public violence are harmed by their own actions, and these actions later lead to their own deaths. Secondly, the people related to the victims are also impacted negatively, because of the loss of someone so close to them, which in turn causes them to commit further acts of violence, becoming a cycle.