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Monday, January 28, 2019

The Just or Unjust

In reading Dantes Inferno, there were many but penalisations that correlated with there punishments. There argon three that stand by as just and equal to the vices that were committed. The case tellers, hypocrites and thieves are more or less examples of adapted punishments. The fortune tellers predicted the future and for a just punishment they bemuse their heads on backwards, because they looked into the future and at present they drive out only see what is behind them. The hypocrites represent as things that they werent, so now in hell, they are in whizz cloaks and burnt pose as something they are not.Lastly, the thieves stole from people, now in hell their hands are bound by reptiles and they are in a pitch full of other reptiles. Dante hold back the fortune tellers, hypocrites, and thieves a suitable and just punishment for their sin. First, Bolgia 4 is about the result Tellers/Diviners. Their sin was to see into the future. The punishment for the fortune tellers was their heads were turned backwards. They now cant see ahead of them, which is a difficult thing to do. In this case, it is not really torture because it isnt painful and it correlates with their sin.God would possibly back up this as a punishment for those who try to look into the future. In the canto, Dante sees these people with their heads on backwards and the sight of them could possibly lead you to the destination of them existence fortune tellers or diviners. Dante could have been cruel and made some kind of painful punishment that ca utilize them agony, but he gave them one of which brings them no pain. It just makes their eternal life a struggle of not being able to see where they are heading.Next, the hypocrites are punished accordingly to their sin. They acted as if they supported a topic, then turn around and say they wear downt support that same topic. This could have applied to people, politics, life lessons and so on Dante gives them the punishment of being in cloaks made of lead and walking in circles. This punishment is an acceptable consequence for being a hypocrite. The cloaks hide them from everyone and they cant mislead people. This seems to be a possible God advance punishment for these people.It would be a little hard to tell what sin the people committed in this canto, but if it were pondered, one could come to get wind why Dante chose this punishment for these people. The thieves also have a just punishment for their sin. They are stuck in a pit full of reptiles while theyre hands are bound behind their backs with snakes. During their entire life they used their hands to steal and commit crimes. Now that they are in hell, they have their hands tied behind their backs so they cant be used. With their hands immobile, they cant steal from anyone ever again.God would encourage this because back in the medieval times they had the saying of an nerve for an eye. They stole with their hands and now their hands are basically stolen from them. Dante give the fortune tellers, hypocrites, and thieves a suitable and just punishment for their sin. In conclusion, Dante picked acceptable punishments for the sins committed by these people. God might find these consequences suitable in that they go along with the sins. Dante didnt place these people here just because he thought they should or out of hate, he put them there with a just punishment.

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