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the April sky was not a thing of air and gas. Rather, it lay like a solid ceiling of slate, pressing the living down into the prai...

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

which he lived when he says that the poem is not the result of Dantes inner contemplation, "it is rooted in the immediate Christia...

character is a woman who had an affair with her brother-in-law. This circle is followed by a level of gluttony. The fourth "The Av...

the founders of modern sociology; his interests were wide ranging, including the sociology of politics and the sociology of religi...

fit their sin. As these people never committed themselves to anything, they chase an elusive banner for all eternity. Virgil expla...

the Dark Ages, 2005). Most of the learning that took place was dedicated to organizing knowledge about the past; there was no atte...

He was relatively well educated, in both Christian and classical literature (Books and Writers, 2008). In addition, it is perhaps ...

But it also has a number of large clerestory windows that allow light to flood into the building. (A clerestory window is a window...

did. He punished Adam and Eve for disobeying Him. As one pastor reminds us: "The Bible says that God will hold us accountable for ...

is seen as a simple woman as well, a woman who loves her husband, is perhaps desiring of sexual relations with him, and ultimately...

under them split asunder; and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men that belonge...

points out that "communal Italy" is "historians shorthand for the high urbanized areas of Lombardy and Tuscany between the twelfth...

to house arrogant souls who are guilt of other things as well. While Aeneas may not be guilty of betrayal or other crimes, he may ...

other "undesirables" including gypsies, homosexuals and others who were considered unfit. His crime then is genocide. Saddam Hu...

involving gender or related themes like romance and marriage. Yet, sex and love are highlights in the Inferno. Dante also writes o...

have been a part of hypocritical ways will be confined. Likewise, the idea and notion of lust is a level of hell where those who h...

II). Through this imagery, Dante suggests that the human soul is naturally inclined to journey towards the light and to wish to as...

commit a sin where he would go to held under Dantes model, it seems that he might be found in Limbo. At the same time, the truth i...

Dantes (1999) Florentine origin, one first must ascertain the reasons why people are drawn to his work. Is it that poems are enjo...

Comedy." His Italian allegory depicts the Christian hereafter that is subdivided into cantos of Inferno (hell), Purgatorio (purga...

Comedy", Europe was in the midst of a transitional period. The Christian church was already well established, but many of the most...

This essay pertains to Shakespeare's King Lear and Dante's Inferno and the impact of exile on the protagonists. Four pages in leng...

This essay presents an overview of how love is used thematic in various texts, which includes Dante's Divine Comedy, Chaucer's Can...

just beginning his journey, understanding that is a necessity and that it holds danger: "MIDWAY upon the journey of our life I fou...

souls of "the violent against themselves" (1194). To arrive at their destination, Dante and Virgil must travel across a "river of...

In five pages this report examines the various guides throughout Dante's 'Divine Comedy' and how they force the readers to conside...

Dante used the framework of the poem to convey his ideas concerning religion and morality. An overview of Canto III and its level...

merely a picture of a creature that is the embodiment of power and evil. And, as such it is not anything that Satan does, in terms...

both the keys." They begin to differ when they denote to what the keys belong. Singleton chooses to say "Fredericks heart," while ...