Living in Limbo

       Some of the beliefs of Dante and what hell looks like is not really what some believe hell is. In Dantes hell there is no room for forgiveness. It seems that if people commit a sin they cannot redeem themselves. This is strange because god is suppose to be very forgiving and knows when one is being good or bad. Also, some of the sins are not really sins. Suicide and homosexuality to some do not belong in that category because they are things that one chooses. Some of the reasons these are in Dantes hell is because of the time he lived and the rules back then.

      One interesting canto and circle of hell is Limbo. Limbo is a place for people born before Christ and could not worship him properly. This seems a bit unfair because they didn't even know about Christianity. These people could have had the chance to worship Jesus but did not have the proper tools and had no idea that they were doing something wrong. There are also a lot of famous poets and artists that live in limbo. For these poets, limbo is torture because they have to live with the fact that there will never be any salvation from god. This circle is basically taking away all hope for the people in it.