A celebrity you wouldn't expect to be committing a high sin is Adam Richman. He is the man off of the hit show "Man vs. Food". His sin is that he is an extreme glutton that doesn't turn down a challenge to eat food. This would land him right smack in the middle of the third circle. Adam makes it his goal to eat more than seems reasonable or natural. In some aspects, he does it for the fame, but in others he does it for the money. He has abandoned the ways of God to feast on large amounts of food. If he was sent straight to the to the third circle of hell , a three headed beast would be there to greet him. Cerberus would rip him about into minuscule pieces and once he was done, he would do it all over(44). Adam would also have to sit in garbage while stinking snow fell on him. Being in the third circle would be very awful and tiring.
One of the world’s most famous Hoarder was Langley Collyer. He could not resist but save every last thing he ever had. He lived with his brother in a house of which they combined everything. The house was loaded and there was no room to live. Langley never went outside because he was too afraid of people stealing all of his assets. He rigged his house with booby traps just in case that would happen as well. He would be put in the fourth circle of hell, which is the Wasters and the Hoarders. For all eternity he would have to push a tremendously heavy weight back and forth. He must also scream, “Why must you waste,” to the other wasters while they scream, “Why must you hoard,” at him(51). It is not worth savoring worldly items to have to push weights around all the time.
Jeffrey Dahmer was one of the worst criminals of all time. As a child he would dissect animals and combine different animals together. This man was a monster. He was also a murderer who killed several people. He started to average killing a person a week during his life. The people he attacked had done nothing wrong, but they still were assaulted. He would most often drug them so if they got away they could not remember or tell anyone what had happened. The seventh circle would fit him perfectly. The sin his criteria meets. He will have the pleasure of being in boiling blood without any hope(102). On the other hand, he was violent against nature because of the animal surgeries he performed(118). If this was the case, he would have to lay in burning sand while burning flakes fall on his body. He is like a lion attacking all his prey. He deserves more of a punishment than that, but it will have to do.
Black Beard was a well-known pirate. He was one of the greatest at looting money from everyone. He stole jewels from as many other ships as possible and got away nearly every single time. Many other pirates tried to be like him. He would find his home in the eighth circle in Dante’s hell. His punishment would be to be wrapped up by a snake and combust. After that, he would turn into a snake and wrap another person and destroy them. The transformation is extremely painful as well(175). This pain goes on for all eternity. There are several thieves in the world today that would end up in this circle, but Black Beard was the greatest of all time.
Dante’s circles provide a detailed description on how he perceives it. This book has the ability to scare people into being better people. It is a book that everyone should read at least once in their lives. If people don’t watch out, a huge part of the population will meet the standards for one or more of these circles. Obviously, nobody knows for sure if this is how it is in hell, but in theory it was wrote well. Many present day celebrities would fit the criteria for some of the circles, all that has to be done is identifying their sins.
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