Source "The Divine Comedy - Inferno"
Author: Dante Alighieri
Seven deadly sins:
1. Lust :
Loving each other too much will devalue God’s love for people.
Punishment: The punishment of fire, the warning lies in sex.
2. Gluttony:
Excessive pursuit of pleasure.
Punishment: The punishment of hunger lies in the food.
3. Greed:
Greed is the excessive enthusiasm for seeking superiority in money or power.
Punishment: The penalty of lying down, the warning is greed.
4. Laziness:
Laziness is declared guilty because: Others need to work harder to make up for the lack, because the things that should be done have not been done yet, which is harmful to oneself. No benefit.
Punishment: Punishment for running, the punishment lies in laziness.
5. Rage:
Love of justice perverted to revenge and spite.
Inappropriate (evil) feelings arising from hatred, revenge or denial of others, in addition to the power granted by the law, the desire to punish others is also classified as anger.
Punishment: The punishment of smoke, the punishment lies in anger.
6. Jealousy:
Love of one's own good perverted to a desire to deprive other men of theirs.
Being resentful because the other person has more assets than you.
Punishment: Punishment of slit eyes, the warning comes from jealousy.
7. Arrogance:
holding self out of proper position toward god or fellows; dante's definition was "love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbor.
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The significance of the "Divine Comedy":
The duality of the "Divine Comedy" is first reflected in how he views the future and destiny of his motherland.
On the one hand, Dante realizes that unifying Italy is the key to his future. The only way to save the motherland, on the other hand, the unification method he envisioned was utopian and wrong, placing his hope on a good emperor and people's moral perfection?
Secondly, it is reflected in the second treatment of religion. In terms of attitude, on the one hand, he advocates belief in God and sings hymns to God, saints, and ascetics; on the other hand, he comprehensively exposes and criticizes the sins of the church in reality?
The third expression is the treatment. On the one hand, it praises the ethics and moral concepts of asceticism, on the other hand, it affirms the life in this world, praises human nature, and expresses the ideology of humanism?
The fourth expression is the use of artistic techniques. On the one hand, it adopts the creative techniques of medieval literature, such as dream forms, symbolic techniques, and mystical description; on the other hand, it shows the creative characteristics of modern literature, such as realistic techniques, psychological description, and the use of Italian Writing in the Italian language has promoted the formation and development of the Italian national language and national consciousness.
All of these show the duality of the "Divine Comedy", which has both a medieval aspect and a new era aspect.
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