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Dante's PURGATARIO - In a nutshell.

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    " The path to paradise begins in hell " Dante's  INFERNO Purgatorio is the second part of The Divine Comedy a trio of poems  by  Dante Alighieri To recap ,Dante along with his guide Virgil crosses the Inferno. Now  arrives in Pargatorio. They have travelled through the entirety of hell and emerged from the other side of Earth ready to make  peregrination towards heaven ie. Paradiso. Dante and Virgil now stands at the base of the mountain which was created when  Lucifer  crashed into Earth. There are seven terraces   in Purgatario each one comprising of seven deadly and lethal sins. Unlike Inferno, in Purgatario the souls are not punished and torchered . Pride : The souls of the prideful are humbled and humiliated by having to carry colossal rocks on their backs and are forever hunched over. Envy :   The envious ones  are punished for wanting what what is someone...

Dante's INFERNO - In a nutshell.

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" Abandon all hope you who enter here"              Image Source : Google The Divine Comedy is a long Italian narrative epic poem written by Dante Alighieri . Dante's works were very impressive and is an  epitome of greatest works of world literature.                     Dante Alighieri            Image source : Google The Divine Comedy deals with the journey of soul towards the God. The entire poem is divided into three parts as Inferno , Purgatorio  and  Paradiso. Here Dante himself is the narrator. Inferno means Hell in the Divine Comedy. It deals with the 9 Circles of hell as described by Dante.           Image Source : Google. This is the illustration of Dante's INFERNO.  Before entering into inferno   a soul has to make a choice whether to go into inferno or Paradiso. A soul who...