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C.S. Lewis/The Great Divorce

pretensions that keep them in Hell, and stay in Heaven, that is, not to get back on the bus for the return trip. Lewis reveals l...

'Inferno' of Dante and Hell's 5th and 6th Levels

Of course, the water is not pure. It is important to remember this is a hellish environment and reflects that aura. One might be i...

Literary Self Determination in Women and Sexuality

-- but to deny their husbands sex until the men agree to sign a treaty. It is the women, therefore, who actually end the war. Rea...

Inferno of Dante and its Visual Imagery

In five pages this paper discusses the spiritual messages contained in the visual imagery of Dante Alighieri's 'Inferno.' There a...

Feminine Literary Ideal

her day and age, women were of two types, generally speaking: bad and good. The good were set upon pedestals and were seen as the ...

Comparative Analysis of the Characters in Homer's 'The Odyssey' and Dante's 'The Inferno'

a commonplace story already familiar to his listeners, he could (and did) omit much of the unnecessary backstory (with respect to ...

Walking the Line in Dante's 'Inferno'

In a paper consisting of 5 pages, the meaning of Dante Alighieri's 'Inferno' is discussed. There is 1 bibliographic source cited....

Dante’s Inferno & Humanism

must take a stand against evil and live according to ideals rather than simply from a myopic focus on personal needs. In Canto 2...

Faith and Reason in the Thinking of Thomas Aquinas and Dante Alighieri

be an object of science. To this question, Aquinas answers "no." First of all, following the medieval style of reasoning, he posit...

Dante the Poet and Author in The Divine Comedy Part I

In five pages this paper discusses the author Dante Alighieri and his fictional alter ego Dante the poet in his epic in terms of t...

The Divine Comedy, Man's Search for Understanding and Truth Represented by Dante

also called La Commedia (The Comedy) by Dante. In the poem, the poet Dante, travels to hell (Inferno) then purgatory (Purgatorio) ...

Dante Alighieri's Inferno Canto X

who retained power in Florence under Frederick II decided to expand their society, incorporating the merchant or middle class, kno...

Gothic Cathedral and Dante

moderation. We can see this as he puts those people in the first stages of hell, which had been neutral -nothing good-nothing bad...

Quest Themes in Dante Alighieri's 'Inferno' and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

In five pages this paper examines how the quest theme is depicted in these works by Dante and Homer. Three sources are cited in t...

Women's Role in Dante Alighieri's 'Inferno'

own father; she, who in life was so calculated in her incestuous sin, is condemned to run naked and "berserk in just the way a hog...

Dante Alighier's Inferno Canto XXVI

speech. "These in the flame with ceaseless goals deplore/The ambush of the horse, that opend wide/A portal for the goodly seed to ...

Dante Alighieri's Inferno and Politics

meets many individuals that he actually admired. When they were in the third ring, a ring that was devoted to those who committed ...

Dante Alighieri's Inferno and Medieval Cities

and Hollander 161). Dante comments to Virgil that the mosques inside the city can clearly be seen. The translators also comment th...

The Bible, Koran, And Divine Comedy

the Bible - the Ten Commandments, the so-called Golden Rule, what civilized societies consider moral and immoral behaviors - all f...

Differing Versions of the Underworld in The Inferno, Gilgamesh and the Odyssey

can defeat death too. His first leg of the journey involves descending into a tunnel-like cave composed of nine terrifying leagu...

Connectivity, External and Internal Drive Bays

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

Earth and Heaven According to Dante Alighieri and Augustine of Hippo

tells the reader that all the Romans desired, and more, would actually be found in the City of God. This is not to say that moneta...

Hell in Linden Hills and Inferno

at the sacrifice of those things that really matter the most: heart and soul. Linden Hills is an African American middle-class ne...

Heroism and its Characteristics

In 5 pages this paper examines how the characteristics of heroism are defined in such literary works as A Simple Heart by Gustave ...

Literary Classics and Human Nature

In five pages this paper examines how human nature is featured in classic literary works by Homer, Sophocles, Dante Alighieri, and...

Literary Depiction of the Middle Ages and Nobility

In five pages this paper discusses how Medieval nobility was presented in Inferno by Dante Alighieri. There are 4 sources cited i...

Gluttony and How Dante Would Punish It

and contest the idea that their weight is problematic. They contend that they are healthy the way they are and there is a fat acce...

Hypostatic Union : Jesus As God And Man

a core belief of Christianity that one can find on any Christian Church Web site, regardless of whether that organization is a mai...

Excalibur, Beowulf, and the Concepts of the Chosen and Divine Kingship

protect and guard the warrior, but in this case, it represents the king protecting and guarding the nation against all intruders t...

Why Should Man Pray if God is Omnipotent?

In five pages this paper discusses the daily usefulness of prayer in an overview that includes such topics as divine planning and ...