Dante's+Inferno

Dante’s story, __The Inferno__, is an allegory, because of its deep meaning, and message sent out to the readers. In the story, Dante puts himself into the book as the main character. He’s a sinner, and one ay wakes up to find that he must take a journey through all of hell, in order to find righteousness and change his ways. Each character and event has a message and meaning in the story, and its up to the readers to figure them out and apply it to their own lives. Dante also symbolizes the different allegories, and puts his own opinions on them. Each canto has allegories, and they help to put together the main message, the __whole__ reason why Dante wrote this. The overall message was too warn readers to recognize their actions in their lives and change it before its too late. Sin was very important to this story. Sins are the absence of soul, made by others, due to emotions, selfishness, grudges, and so on. While he was traveling through the levels of hell, Dante met and spoke to people in each level, and after hearing their stories, it was obvious that blame was also a major part of sin. The pattern shown by every person was that even now, they still can’t take blame for their actions, and they felt it was the other person’s fault. For example, when Dante encountered Francesca, who committed the sin of lust, she doesn’t blame herself for the sin. Instead, she places blame on her husband, saying that it was his fault that she cheated on him! The person was never able to admit to the fact that they’re in hell because of themselves, it was easier to blame another.

Punishment ties in with sins, because each person was punished by their actions (symbolic retribution) and they were placed in the level that fit there sin. Hell had 2 parts; weakness and maliciousness. The harshness of each sin put you in a place, where your getting your justice, and what you deserve for eternity.

Basically, this book was to help people realize their actions affect their fate. Every choice a person makes will affect how and where you'll spend eternity. Don't put it off, because you're never guaranteed the next day.