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Fallen Souls In "The Inferno" - College Term Papers

Fallen Souls In "The Inferno"

Thesis Statement: In each Circle and Canto there are different penalties to
pay but it is for sure that each forbidden soul in the Inferno will live
forever in eternal suffering.
I. Introduction
II. Medea and Jason
A. Jason's love affair.
B. Medea and the three children exiled.
C. Medea's slaying of the three children and Glauce.
D. Jason's penalties.
III. O. J. Simpson
A. His Crime.
B. His Penalties in the Inferno and in life.
IV. Benedict Arnold
A. His Crime.
B. His Penalties in Hell.
V. Conclusion

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locked in Canto V, Circle
Two: The Carnal. This man, Jason, became king of Cornith by committing
adultery against his wife, Medea, with the king of Cornith's daughter,
Glauce. Jason returns to Medea and tells her that she and their three
children are to leave his home immediately so he and Glauce can move in.
The following day Medea sends Glauce a poisoned robe which kills her. This
causes Jason to come to Medea for revenge, where he finds his three
children murdered by their mother's hand. Jason grief stricken falls upon
his own sword and dies there with his sons. Jason is reputed to the Carnal
a place where souls who give up there own life for passion “are swept
forever in the tempest of Hell, forever denied the light of reason and of
God,” (Literature 635). He is forever with the judge of Hell, Minos.
The Caina is “the first ring of the last circle where those who
performed acts of treachery against their kin,” (Literature 638). One
destined for the Caina is O. J. ...

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Added: 6/8/2007 07:45:26 PM
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