Dante’s Inferno: A Visitor’s Guide to Hell

In most places around the world, speak the name of Danteand your listeners will think Inferno. Since its first publication over 700 years ago, depictions of hell have had enough influence to shape the perceptions of those who do not believe such a place exists. Consider Dantean’s thorough idea that hell is made up of nine concentric circles. Each inhabits that a different kind of sinner is punished forever in a way that reflects the nature of the attack. For example, a Level 3 gluttonous eater is “destined to grow endlessly in thick, rotten mud hit by ice rain.”

So, Tommie Trelawny, creator of YouTube channel Hochelaga, explains to him 20 minute explanation of Inferno At the top of the post. While examining a broad overview of Dante’s Virgil Guided Journey to the Underworld, he addresses questions you may not have considered, even if you have read this hyper-standard poem before.

For example, why was it written in the first place? “In Dante’s time, the topic of sin and punishment was a major issue in the Church,” he says. Therefore, “ideas around hell have been “increasingly refined” in art and literature, particularly to send a warning message to the public.

But for Dante, the problem was somewhat personal. The poet was caught up in a conflict between rival facts in his hometown of Florence city. He supported the wrong side and led to his exile.” Inferno He then began to “put people who don’t like in the vision of hell.” They were entrusted to a circle of greed. Certainly, it’s not certain that Dante will see his actual political rival Filippo Argenti torn apart in the river Styx in Circle 5, which is reserved for rage.

Certainly Dante, or at least fictional Dante, had committed a certain sin by experiencing the suffering of others, and by experiencing the suffering of others, more sinful than themselves. But that doesn’t have much relevance to the second and third parts of the story, Purgatorio and Paradiso,together Inferno Like Dante, we create what we know Divina Commediaor God’s Comedy. The latter of the work may be more widely read Infernobut they are imaginative. Today, when we describe the experience as a purgatorial, we recall to some extent the middle territory of the somewhat unopinional territory that Dante imagined on a far-flung island on the other side of the globe. And if you haven’t read it ParadisoThe summary of this video may inspire your curiosity about it. It might explain the storyline where Dante goes to space.

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Based in Seoul Colin marshall Write and broadcasting stationTS about cities, languages, and culture. His projects include the Substack Newsletter Books about cities And the book The Stateless City: Walking through 21st century Los Angeles. Follow him on social networks previously known as Twitter @colinmarshall.