The Most Effective Punishments In The Inferno By Dante

Every action has an equal and opposite reaction according to Newton’s third law of motion. This law does not only apply to inanimate objects, it also applies to every person that exists on this earth. When a little boy pulls his sisters hair, he gets put in time out. When a person takes the life of another person they are put on trial and then sent to jail. When a high school student gets a high ACT score they get into better colleges. Every single thing that someone does has a direct tie to the outcome of their lives. All of these examples are of quick action reaction situations, but one that is much bigger is the reaction to all of the actions that were ever made in a person’s lifetime. This is the decision that decides whether a person

In the first bolgia of circle eight Dante describes one of the most provocative punishments, which is being beaten with lashes. The souls who reside here deceived women for their own advantage. Because of this they are stuck in a place where they have no advantage. Either way they turn they meet the same terrible fate. More provocative than lashes in The Inferno is being exposed to burning rain in the third round of the seventh circle of hell. In the third zone the usuers must sit under the fire rain with purses around their necks. These purses contain the family emblems that they stole while they were living. Burning constantly would be a terrible, painful punishment. In bolgia five of the eight circle yet another provocative punishment, being plunged into boiling pitch and tormented by black devils, is seen by Dante and Virgil. The demons take chunks out of their skin, much like the grafters too chunks of money from other people while they were alive. This punishment is appropriate when considering the sin, but the thought of enduring something so painful is what is what makes it provocative. After reading this poem it is obvious that it had an intended audience. Dante was trying to set people straight and put them on the right path. The fear of hell is a good way to do that because fear is what motivates people above all else. Dante was provocative at times, but it was only in order to reach his intended