Dante's Inferno
... of contrapasso. Our eternal life is a result of our mortal lives, let the punishment fit the crime. The Bible has many versus that reinforce this same thought. Some common passages that many people might know: Exodus 21:24 “eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot “ Dante basically says that if in life you starved someone to death, then in death your punishment would be something like being starved to death. That quote translated from the Bible says that if someone steals your cow, then you should go steal his or hers. Exodus 21:25 “burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise” In this quote it’s saying that if someone harms you turn and harm them. If you read different contrapassos in the Inferno you will see that Dante is basically saying you harm this person in death you will be harmed. Leviticus 24:19 “If a man injured his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him” Again in this quote you can see the similarities between The Inferno and the Holy Bible. In The Inferno the examples of this quote are endless. An example of this quote would be with Count Uglinio. He was a man that was thrown into a tower with his children by his partner in crime. Uglinio and his children all starved to death. Although he was killed, he is still sent to hell for the crimes he committed before. In Hell he eats the brains of his partner who killed him and his children. Dante’s moral sense of fairness can easily be spotted in the Inferno. Dante feels that if you harm another person that it is only fair that in Hell that same person shall be tou...