I think out of all the books on our list for this semester, this was the one I was most excited to read. I've heard a lot about it, have been told that it should be on my "must read" list, and have since been interested in reading it. So far, the circles of Hell remind me of Tartarus, the Hell of Greek mythology (I'm impressed I remember this stuff from 7th grade!!) The punishments in Tartarus included someone who had to eternally push a boulder up the side of a mountain, and another who was standing in the middle of a lake, throat burning with thirst, but every time he would try to drink the water it would evaporate.
It would suck to be cast into Hell and eternally tortured by the sin that you committed during your life. The two examples we talked about were the lustful lovers being so close to being reunited until they were swept away from each other by a storm, and also the gluttonous having to live in their own filth, with constantly crappy weather (literally).
Kinda makes class depressed since all we talk about now is eternal damnation.... Ah well!
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