The Inferno

1. The suitability of the penalties of sin in the Inferno is so that the punishments fit the sin that the person committed. The punishment the person has to endure is about the same hurt that they did to himself or to others. So as one gets farther into hell, the sins and the punishments get worse and worse.


2. In upper hell, people only go there because they were extremely self-indulged. For example, the only thing they did wrong was love and object too much or they were very greedy and nothing was good enough for them. The sins in upper hell are not nearly as bad as the sins committed in lower hell. The levels in upper hell are Limbo, Lustful, Gluttonous, Hoarders, and the Wrathful. These circles all have to do with the same things, like loving an object too much or wanting more of something you already have. But people in lower hell, they were put there because their purpose on earth was to harm themselves or others by violence or fraud. They are considered the more evil of people that are in hell.

                 

 3. Our perspective is different than Dante's because we don't believe that there is a Purgatory. Purgatory is where people are sent that takes you through cleansing your sins and puts you closer to Heaven. But we believe in getting forgiven by God for our sins throughout our lives and then when you die you get judged by God on your actions from your life and he then decides to forgive you if you take him as your savior or you go to hell.

                                    

"Hell is empty and all the devils are here"
-William Shakespeare