”THE NEW INFERNO” PROJECT:
First, you will organize “sins” that seem to be thematic and chart them according to severity. Older cultures have punished a lot of behaviors that we now recognize as mental illnesses, should those people be punished as severely as those who are willfully cruel or indifferent to others?
Then, you should reconsider those that have a purely religious foundation. Why is “adultery” a “sin”? Do “Porn Stars” really deserve eternal punishment? Or should these go under a category pertaining to deception or selfishness and vanity, respectively? What of “Promiscuous Single People” or “Violent ‘Incels'”? Should they get off scot-free?
Then, when you have three or four soundly categorized and justifiable “modern” sins, decide on a suitable punishment for each set.
You should NOT replicate Dante’s punishments. You SHOULD consider incorporating other forms of the underworld as we studied in the Chthonic unit of this course.
Finally, you will narrate in two or three paragraphs (each — so a total of 6-12) the harrowing of each “sinner” as if you were observing them.
This is a reasonable 8 paragraph outline:
Ante-Chamber description (how did you, the narrator, get to “hell”?)
Circles 1 – 3
Transgressions described
Punishment’s described
Circles 4 – 6
Transgressions described
Punishment’s described
Circle 7 – 9
Transgressions described
Punishment’s described
Exit (how did you, the narrator, get out of “hell”?)
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