How does the Contrapasso Fits Punishment? The punishments of the dammed in The Inferno have a special meaning, because they explain in the form of an allegory how the sinners had to suffer for the faults they committed in their lives. The author uses these forms of physical pain to represent how the dammed had to pay for their sins. They where punish in such a way, because they have chosen ... own from retribution. It makes this poem unique and fully of different interpretations. We presented three types of contrapasso, the violence against oneself, the fortune tellers, and the hypocrites, w...

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... function by a perversion of nature. Dante's Inferno enables man to understand that the punishment of the soul is retributive justice assigned by God. By carefully assessing the pilgrim's journey through hell, man comes to realize that the appropriateness of the punishment is a reflection of the sin's effects upon the soul. This realization will help Dante overcome the nature of sin, which is that sin ... by a perversion of nature. Dante's Inferno enables man to understand that the punishment of the soul is retributive justice assigned by God. By carefully assessing the pilgrim's journey ...

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