General Humanities

General Humanities

Introduction

Humanitarian literature are artistic works that are produced as a mean of expression for the people of their own opinion and prevalent concept regarding a certain aspect of human beings that is generally applicable to all individuals . It has been generally viewed that this form of literary expression is greatly influenced and affected by the prevalent condition and social concepts during the time it is created and since human civilization is constantly developing , most of the ideas presented in the literary pieces of the past is generally inapplicable

at the present

In this concept , the literature written by Dante Alighieri entitled Divine Comedy ' is a humanitarian literary work in nature mainly because it expresses that writer 's opinion regarding after-life and spirituality concepts . This prominent literary work is considered to be a fictional expression of the writer regarding the fallacies and inadequacies of the prominent social and religious structure during his time . Because of this reason , the story itself becomes explicitly influenced and affected by external factors in the creative realm of the author thus making its ideas commonly applicable during those times . But from the time of its creation , society has already undergo many changes and influential development thus regarding most of the concepts highlighted in the said literature to be inapplicable and contradictory in its very intrinsic nature

Divine Comedy and the Concept of Sin

Divine Comedy is mainly a fictional of illusionary expression of the author 's imaginative journey through the realms of hell , purgatory and heaven . In his travels to hell , he have explicitly illustrated its literal nature and narrative the common social icons he have encountered in the said place . Thus journey however is contextual regarded to be the expression of the author 's personal concept regarding the idea of sinful acts and its capital punishment

To clearly discuss the author 's concept regarding sin and the actions that are considered to be wicked , it is better that the people who are considered sinners at those times be identified according to how the author perceive them in terms of the degree of seriousness of their offensive nature as related through the different levels or circles in hell . First in the list is the unbaptized pagans which are also regarded to be sinners at the author 's times regardless of their life morals and their actions . Second are the lustful people in terms of sexuality without or with neglectful restrain of themselves and their desires Third are the gluttons which are the people with insatiable desire for personal gains which is mainly expressed to be the ones with thirst for information for their own political agendas . Fourth are the people which are very materialistic who constantly deviate from the moral ways for the purpose of acquiring material goods . Fifth are the lazy people without any regard for personal motivation and helping other people Following them are the people who are generally proclaimed to be heretics and witches by the dominant religious institution during...