Summary Of The Seven Circles Of Christianity In Dante's Inferno

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Dante 's Inferno discusses the nine circles of hell, each circle corresponding with a different sin. The nine circles follow respectively: Limbo, Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery. The first circle is called Limbo, where "virtuous non-Christians and unbaptized pagans" live (History lists). Here, those reside in a castle with seven gates symbolizing the seven virtues. The second circle inhabits those who were overcome by the sin of lust. This people are tortured by being violently blow back and forth by severe winds. The third circle, which represents those who became involved in gluttony, continuously are punished by being forced to lie in a "vile slush" and being overlooked by a worm-monster named "Cerebus". The fourth circle is the home, so-to-say, to those who were overcome by greed. These people have to continue to push heavy objects with their chests symbolizing their selfish drive. The fifth circle represents anger,

Christianity makes one believe that if you do sin or do harm to one another then you will never reach heaven but rather be punished to a lifetime in Hell. In contrast to what Hell is portrayed as Heaven is thought of as a place where one is reunited with those that have passed before them, and no harm can be done because you are now with God. While this is something that everyone chooses to imagine, we will never truly know what Heaven, if there is one, looks like. Heaven is not as cookie cutter as we would all like to believe and that may be due to the different lives that humans live on earth. Heaven may take different forms depending on the life one lived on earth, whether it be good or bad. There is not one person who dictates whether you will go to Heaven or Hell and who is to say that all the bad that one may have done in life cannot be outweighed by all the good that they