This difference is important for the analysis of the life after death in different religions. ... Perception of Life After Death in Literature: Dante's "Inferno " Life after death is an interesting and important topic considered by people of different age and religious perceptions. This topic can be found in many forms of literature, one key example is the literary work written by Dante Alighieri named "Inferno ", which is translated from Italian as "hell"." ... With the help of "Inferno,"" Dante wanted to show the principles of virtue for people and the appropriate laws of living in the...

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The epigraph comes from the Inferno of Dante's Divine Comedy (XXVII, 61-66). Count Guido da Montefeltro, embodied in a flame, replies to Dante's question about his identity as one condemned for giving lying advice: "If I believed that my answer would be to someone who would ever return to earth, this flame would move no more, but because no one has ever returned alive from this gulf, if what I hear is true, I can reply with no fear of infamy." 3. ...

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This hellish atmosphere of the room leads him to relate it to Dante's Inferno as if he is having a "journey through hell."3 Hawthorne's reference to the Inferno may be deliberate; through it he shows the romantic point of view toward culture. ...

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