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Dante and The Seven Deadly Sins
This paper looks at the significance and portrayal of the seven deadly sins in Dante Alighieri's 'The Divine Comedy'.
# 136555
| 1,500 words
| 8 sources
| MLA
| 2007
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on Dec 01, 2007
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Literature
(Italian)
, Religion and Theology
(General)
, Philosophy
(General)
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This essay examines the significance and portrayal of the seven deadly sins in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, with an emphasis to the use of the concept of these sins in the Purgatorio, the second of the canticles of the epic. It shows how Dante used these sins as a basis for discussing the purging of sins from the souls of the penitent. It notes also that the seven deadly sins are actually not biblically based, and that the concept was not fixed in Dante's time.
From the Paper:
"In 'The Divine Comedy', particularly in The Purgatorio, Dante Alighieri uses the concept of the seven deadly or cardinal sins as a device for differentiating among the various souls and showing the divine order of the universe. As the title of this canticle suggests, the Purgatorio tells of Dante's passage through Purgatory. Purgatory is the place of purgation, where souls are cleansed of sins in preparation for entry into a life of eternal blessedness. In Dante's conception, Purgatory consists of an ..."Cite this Analytical Essay:
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