Crime vs. Punishment
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Crime vs. Punishment
"Who is more arrogant within his soul, who is more impious, than one who dares to sorrow at God's judgment?"(XX, 28-30). Here Dante challenges anyone who may question the judgment of God and the punishment of sinners. In Dante’s Inferno, questioning God’s judgment is looked at as renouncing God. However, I deem it totally natural to question: Does the crime fit the punishment? In Oedipus the King and Antigone, Sophocles illustrates how the pursuit of truth while taking a stand for a cause is a crime that yields critical and excessive punishment by the gods.
"Led by my guide and his truth, I leave the gall and go for the sweet apples of delight, but first I must descend to the center of all,"(XVI,61-3) says the pilgrim, Dante. Dante symbolizes the common sinner emerging from the "Dark" Ages, stranded in "the Dark Woods" (I,3) of vices bound to Hell. The U-turn in his journey to the "sweet apples of delight"(XVI,62) in heaven, extends to the potential enlightenment of all others. In the pilgrim's journey, Christian-Humanist, Dante advocates the importance of God's "Divine Illumination" in humanity's self- fulfillment or salvation and enlightenment. God placed the gift of choice into man's hands and so man is responsible for his own fate, as is his achieving his own salvation or lack thereof.
In comparing Dante’s Inferno with Oedipus and the King and Antigone the punishment that sinners received in hell definitely fits the crime. Sophocles’ “Antigone” is a heartrending interesting story of retribution because of the past events of her family’s history. Antigone, who is determined to stand for what she believes in, buries her brother with appropriate honors so his soul may go on to rest in peace in its designated place.
Creon is the king and is therefore positioned to enforce punishment upon anyone who commits a crime against his decrees. To Creon’s surprise, the latest criminal set to receive capital punishment just so...
"Who is more arrogant within his soul, who is more impious, than one who dares to sorrow at God's judgment?"(XX, 28-30). Here Dante challenges anyone who may question the judgment of God and the punishment of sinners. In Dante’s Inferno, questioning God’s judgment is looked at as renouncing God. However, I deem it totally natural to question: Does the crime fit the punishment? In Oedipus the King and Antigone, Sophocles illustrates how the pursuit of truth while taking a stand for a cause is a crime that yields critical and excessive punishment by the gods.
"Led by my guide and his truth, I leave the gall and go for the sweet apples of delight, but first I must descend to the center of all,"(XVI,61-3) says the pilgrim, Dante. Dante symbolizes the common sinner emerging from the "Dark" Ages, stranded in "the Dark Woods" (I,3) of vices bound to Hell. The U-turn in his journey to the "sweet apples of delight"(XVI,62) in heaven, extends to the potential enlightenment of all others. In the pilgrim's journey, Christian-Humanist, Dante advocates the importance of God's "Divine Illumination" in humanity's self- fulfillment or salvation and enlightenment. God placed the gift of choice into man's hands and so man is responsible for his own fate, as is his achieving his own salvation or lack thereof.
In comparing Dante’s Inferno with Oedipus and the King and Antigone the punishment that sinners received in hell definitely fits the crime. Sophocles’ “Antigone” is a heartrending interesting story of retribution because of the past events of her family’s history. Antigone, who is determined to stand for what she believes in, buries her brother with appropriate honors so his soul may go on to rest in peace in its designated place.
Creon is the king and is therefore positioned to enforce punishment upon anyone who commits a crime against his decrees. To Creon’s surprise, the latest criminal set to receive capital punishment just so...