sanguinaryheart
ramforce
I didn't quite like it. The idea of the human shaped inferno (hell) is quite revolutionary for his time but the fact that it was more a political work wasn't particularly surprising. Some souls trapped in hell were, at the time the book was written, pretty much alive and they were all politicians.
There were other concepts I liked like the broken hinges of hell's gates (from when Jesus Christ went to hell to rescue souls that didn't belong to hell).
...Sorry? Didn't quite get that last bit. I don't remember Christ going to hell in the story at all.
I read it last year in my Advanced World Literature class. Very good. The depictions therein described in the story about each layer were vivid and exciting. It really conveyed the torture that these people were going through. I think I'll read it again soon, just to brush up on my opinions of it...
It may not be a very significant part of the reading but it caught my attention for sure. The Author says and I quote:
"In one place is a huge gate through the wall that has been torn off its hinges, where Christ tore the gates down"
This passage is from when they're crossing the river Styx.
By the time I read the book I was doing some theology studies as well so I found it quite interesting Dante wrote it in his book.
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