Dante

Dante’s Inferno Death and what comes after has always been a topic of great interest and uncertainty. Many have tried to depict their own vision of the afterlife, be it heaven or hell, paradiso or inferno. The inferno is more than just a fictional story about someone traveling through the universe; it’s more like an autobiographical journey of life through its author, Dante. Within the text of the inferno, Dante gives his audience …

…life after death. H also puts forth the fundamental beliefs in the Christian religion. He describes hell as an unjust, but just place of endless torture, complete and utter hopelessness. Within the circular body of hell, each level contains unique punishments specific to the nature of the sin. Now the punishments might seem absurd and unjust for the crimes, but back then these punishments were just and fitting for the sins that they have committed.