Dante, a Christian poet living during a Christian age, sets out to write a poem about his fictionalized version of Hell. ... As his horrors unfold, Dante finds himself faced with his own standards of living. ... Original sin is not "chosen" sin. ... Everyone living has a choice. ... The sin or sins in question seem to be of a universal sort. ...
Inferno (Italian for "hell"), is the first part of Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem "The Divine Comedy." ... In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine circles of suffering located within the Earth. ... The poem starts on Maundy Thursday in the year 1300. ... The ferry is piloted by Charon, who does not want to let Dante enter, for he is a living being. ... These three types of sin also provide the three main divisions of Dante's Hell: Upper Hell (the first 5 Circles) for the self-indulgent sins, Circles 6 and 7 for the violent sins, and Circles 8 and 9 for the malicious s...
