For the
latter half of this reading unit I found it fitting to right about the Satan
section of Dante's Inferno. The unit is about him experiencing Hell and you
cannot obtain the true gravity without seeing Satan himself. I found it
extremely interesting that Satan was stuck in ice. The rest of Hell involved
fire intense heat, yet Satan was half frozen. I am very intrigued on why they
are different. I also found in weird that Brutus and Cassius were both in the
mouth of Satan, I completely understood why Judas was. Unlike Judas who
betrayed Jesus for money, Brutus and Cassius betrayed Cesar because they
thought it was for the best of the people. I just would not put them on
the same level of evil as Judas. Their punishment was just horrific as well! I
could not imagine constantly being chewed and grinded on for eternity. The pain
and pressure that would constantly be there is far beyond comprehending, well
most of the pain Dante mentions in beyond comprehending really. I also found it
creepy when Dante said he felt in-between life and death. That really stresses
the imagination big time! How can you imagine something like that? This was a
really interesting and good unit to read for sure.
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