Saturday, April 16, 2011
Inferno
In the book Dante's Inferno there are nine circles of Hell. Some of the punishments are rather funny and well fitting in my opinion. In one circle people are put there for lust during their previous life. The two people will run towards each other with a longing passion and need to just simply touch each other, but because they are in Hell they cannot do this. So instead of being able to touch each other, they run after one another and end up in a whirlwind that spins each one of them around so they are seperated. This continues to happen over and over and over again; they will never be allowed to touch. Another circle of Hell is for people who were glutinous in their previous life. In Hell they are surrounded by food and they continue to indulge in their glutnious ways while being rained on by urine or being snowed on be feces. I personally think that their punishment could be a little harsher or at least like the one for lust. I think the people who take part in gluttony should be at a feast with all the food, scents, sounds, etc. of the food but when they sit down with a plate full of food, the food would then simply vanish in front of their eyes. I honestly think something around those lines would be a better punishment for them.
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