Dante, spokesman in his Christian day, writes a guidebook for Hell and, in doing so, questions his own rocky past and his chances for Hell, for Heaven.
Dante, a Christian poet living during a Christian age, sets out to write a poem about his fictionalized version of Hell. I believe Dante’s initial intent, beyond poetic creativity, is to be an instructional wake-up call to the misbehaving Christians of his day. As his horrors unfold, Dante finds himself faced with his own standards of living. Dante wonders if he satisfies the Christian doctrine and, if he does not, is he in danger of being punished in Hell (his own version) after death.
What is the standard for Heaven – goodness?
The Ten Commandments are “religious and moral requirements of Jews given to Moses by God on Mt. Sinai…universal principles” (Cambridge Encyclopedia 1053).
According to the Holy Bible, the Ten Commandments are:
3) Misuse of God’s name is prohibited
5) Parents’ must be honored…obeyed
10) One cannot covet neighbors’ goods
The Sin of Dante
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Why should one care? “And following its path, we took no care/To rest, but climbed…Some of the beautiful things that Heaven bears/Where we came forth, and once more saw the stars” (XXXIV: 136-140).
“He said, ‘For the corresponding, philosophy/Serves in
Fatherland: there where/I possibly have wrought excessive harm”
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PROFESSIONAL ESSAYS:
Dante Alighieri's poem The Divine Comedy
Dante is recognized by a Florentine called Ciacco who describes his briefly but is then interrogated by Dante about the future of Florence. (3043 
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Inferno by Dante Alighieri
the river of blood. Once again, Dante has established a punishment that seems to fit the perfectly. Because the sinners who (866 3 )
Dante Alighieri's Rings of Hell in the Inferno
the river of blood. Once again, Dante has established a punishment that seems to fit the perfectly. Because the sinners who (866 3 )
Don Quixote & Dante
This is also why Francesca tells Dante that Caina waits for Giovanni in the first ring of the last circle of Hell, where those who against their kin are (1664 7 )
The Divine Comedy
Where the Inferno represented human , Purgatory represents human redemption; the sinners Dante encounters in Purgatory are capable of correcting their (851 3 )
Moral Message of the Divine Comedy
At the same time, no individual is immune to temptation and , so it is not merely fear which Dante means to provoke in the reader. (1010 4 )
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