The arrival of the Renaissance was an acknowledgment of free individualism and the scientific investigation of nature. ... With his representation is the protest against the medieval times, its religious-centered universe and its grasp of all capabilities of humans, which, in contrast, are strong points throughout Dante"s, The Inferno. ... In his early stages of magical acquirement he personifies human capabilities. Without God's sanction, and his yearning for knowledge and hegemony over nature, Faustus exemplifies the more worldly spirit of the emerging Renaissance era. ... These ...

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One specific group that is particularly apt for analysis is who were treacherous to kin, located in the first layer of circle nine in the Inferno. These individuals are frozen up to their necks in ice, the cold symbolizing a lack of human love and warmth, which they denied others in life. ... In life, these individuals were twin counts of Mangona, but they killed one another in a fight over their inheritance, so in death they are fittingly denied any warmth or human love, just as they denied it to each other in life. ... It is often said that fratricide is the worst crime imaginable as "...

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In "Dante's Inferno," Dante the Pilgrim goes through some important changes as he progresses further through the Inferno. ... His behavior indicates that he is changing according to the nature of the sinners and their sins. ... Dante has realized that the shades he encounters are the worst humans that have ever lived and no punishment is enough for them. ...

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Original Sin is "the state of sin that according to Christian theology characterizes all human beings as a result of Adam's Fall" (Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 1289). ... Now Dante's Inferno gets personal. ... To be pure one must follow the nature, which is the divine path. "He said, "For the corresponding, philosophy/Serves in more places than one to demonstrate/How Nature takes her own course from the design/Of the Divine Intelligence, and Its art. ... Dante's Inferno - show and tell. ...

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On a more figurative level, for Marlow, the journey up the Congo River to the 'heart of darkness' is reminiscent of Guido's journey into hell in Dante's Inferno, with literary allusion always present, through forms of intense imagery. The landscape takes on a hellish nature and the wilderness is personified. ... He acknowledges that they are indeed very much human, contrary to what most Europeans assert. ...

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He is upside down and his face is almost the same yellow- red tinge as the inferno. ... Heart of Darkness, and the nature of the novel form, makes it easier to describe Marlow's situation. ... The film assists in elaborating the effect on the reader of the seemingly abyss nature of the inner station. The raw animalistic actions overtake the human facade of power and control when confronted with the darkness. ...

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