Dante is very
clever! All of his punishments correspond directly to the sin. For example, Lucifer, the greater
sinner of all, is in the lowest level of hell, where he sits stuck in a frozen lake. The lake is
frozen because his large wings constantly blow cold air, keeping it perpetually cold. Dante
gives Lucifer three heads, which is a twist of the Christian Divine Trinity (God the Father, God
the Son, and the Holy Spirit), each of which eat three of the most well-known traitors from
history-- Brutus and Cassius (betrayed Caesar), and Judus the Iscariot (betrayed Christ). With
this...
Sunday, 15 July 2012
Symbolic Retribution
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