Dante's Inferno Blog: 9

BLOG : 1. The suitability of the penalties to the sins in the

Inferno . 2. The differences between upper and lower Hell. 3.

Possible differences between Dante’s perspective and ours.

1. The suitability of the penalties to the sins in the inferno is that the punishment fit the sin. They each gets punished just as harshly as their sins. That's why as at the beginning of hell the punishment is light and as you get deeper it get harsher. The ones that are in the Ninth circle of hell are getting chewed by Lucifer. Basically the suitability of the penalties to the sins in the Inferno is that the punishment fits the sin. The penalty gives back the same actions and sin that the sinner did to himself and/or others. That's why the penalties aren't as bad for the first circles of Hell, because the sin itself isn't terrible. However the lower one goes into Hell and the worse the sin is, the worse the penalty is. For example those that are in Limbo, their punishment is basically just a deficient form of Heaven. 

2. The people in upper hell are only there because of self-indulgence. This means that they didn't do anything wrong, but love something or someone to much. However the people in lower hell were put there because the main out come was to harm others either through violence or fraud.

3.  Our view on hell that there is only one level of hell and everyone goes there because of their sins. Dante on the other hand has hell split into 9 levels each one getting worst as you go deeper in hell. We also believe that when you die god can decide whether or not you can be forgiven for your sins and sent to heaven instead of hell. Dante believed that you had to pay for your sins no matter what.