Hell and Heaven in The Divine Comedy by Leonardo Da Vinci

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Human nature has evolved over time in terms of intellect and emotions. The Divine Comedy was the first work of literature to provide a descriptive image of hell and heaven. It allowed As time went one, people’s view of beauty has changed drastically. Body shapes got smaller and society became more self-conscious of one’s physical appearance. In consequence, this obsession with beauty has led to fad diets, extreme exercising, and even plastic surgery. Those who have high statures of themselves crave physical attention and at times belittle others who they feel our not worth to look upon their beauty. Modern day vanity has evolved to individuals taking picture of them, the term selfies, and posting it on social media for the need of attention and recognition. The wickedness of vanity is that people neglect the joy of living life and focus on perfecting themselves. People allow their vanity to cloud their judgment and not comprehend that their vanity is short live as wealth and beauty can only last so long. Down in the depths Hell, where the air is stiff like those with Botox faces lies the sinners of vanity. A never-ending rugged terrain is home to these sinners, where their feet are cut and sliced open by the sharp land. As punishment for choosing to live their life in vanity these wretched souls are forced to look at a mirror of a twisted, grotesque version of them representing their horrid personalities. No longer able to see their “perfect” reflection they attack the mirrors and scratch their own bodies. Individuals who used their vanity of belittle individuals have their mirrors explode into their face and body. Since, the urge of vanity is strong there are forced to remove the pieces from their bodies and reassemble the ... ... middle of paper ... ...is covered in soft grass welcoming the evil souls to their new home. Unaware of the trap they have now entered the pedophiles get a punishment deserving of those to commit such, a viscous crimes. Here, 8-foot tall demons roam and guard the land. They are monstrous in size with every body part exaggerated to extreme portions. Pedophiles are subjected to these extreme portions as they are held down and raped repeatedly till their anus rips into shreds and they bleed profusely. Others are bit on their genitalia from snakes crawling around the land and when bit their genitalia swells up in immense pain, until it slowly rips open. Their wickedness is taken from them and the only thing left is a petrified soul wanting to be free of its torture. As they took the innocence away from children and left them scarred, pedophiles in hell are stripped of humanity and dignity.

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