... passage that explicitly says that Divine Love is better than earthly love; however, the message is implied throughout the entire three books of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. When Dante is with Virgil, his actions are centered on Virgil, a human being. And Virgil, seeing as he is only a human, can only ... , according to Dante's Divine Comedy, is the sphere of the constellations. He is placed among the stars, but this is not Heaven. According to Dante's Paradise, true Heaven, where Dante saw the pinpoint of light that is God, is the Page 5 level of Empyrean, two levels above the eighth ...

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... , Blake surprises the reader by insinuating that, perhaps, God in Heaven could actually have created this awesome and fearful creature. Referring directly to the Bible and, in particular, to Milton's Paradise Lost, Blake goes on to ask "On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire?- (7-8). In Christian mythology, it is well known how Satan was once an ... . This lead to Satan's fall from Heaven into Hell and this, in turn, leads to fortify the idea that Satan's power now lies in the manipulation of those who have lost their faith in God. Blake continues in attempting to...

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