Dante's Inferno

I think this story has a lot we all can relate to. In the beginning of the first canto Dante gets lost on a path, that leads him going to hell. In a way I think we all can relate to getting lost on a path and us going to a place we call hell, but not literally hell. We all get lost in life, and we think it takes us to the worst place possible. In reality when we get lost it is just because something does not play out how we thought it would. In the case of Dante he literally gets lost and ends up in hell going through the layers.
I think that Dante going through the nine circles of hell can relate to people going through something personal in their head or in real life. Granted I know people do not actually go to hell, but each circle represents something that someone could be struggling with. For example the second ring of hell is lust and a lot of people these days lust after people, ans we see lust on T.V.. In a weird way lust is in all out lives everyday weather we feel it, or we see it on T.V. lust impacts us everyday. Another great example of how we can all relate to Dante's Inferno is the third and fourth circle of hell are Gluttony and Greed. I think we all become guilty of these things weather it be greed of money, or trying to have the best and most liked Instagram photos. Two more of the rings in Hell include anger and violence, which I am 100% positive that we can all agree that we have definitely felt anger towards something or someone, and have witnessed anger.
I also come to believe that each of these circles has a lesson to teach Dante and the rest of us. No matter how much all of us try, there is no way for any of us to be perfect, this story teaches us that to reach heaven seems impossible. There are very little things in life that can set us off our path in life, and cause us to get lost. Some of the things that can set us off in life are the rings in Hell. I am not saying that because we get lost in life over these things that we are going to Hell I am saying I am simply just saying I think there is a deeper reason for this story.
Below I have decided to include a picture of the 9 circles of Hell in the story as a reference for people to see.

The Iliad

For my blog post I am going to be focusing on the last part that we read, which would be book 24.

We begin this book with Achilles crying over the loss of his friend. Achilles in in such a rage that he takes Hector's dead body and attaches it to the back of his chariot. Now not only does he attach Hector's body to his chariot, he proceeds to drag it around. To me that set off some red flags for me that he may be a little crazy. The gods were obviously very upset over this, so they put a spell like thing on his body so it would not be damaged during Achilles little outburst.

For me I think there is something wrong in the head with Achilles. I know we all get upset and grieve in our different ways when we lose someone close to us. I think what Achilles did was a bit extreme in my opinion. The fact that he attached a dead body to the back of a chariot just shows that obviously this guy has some mental Issues going on.

 I hope I am not the only one in this class that thinks something is wrong with him. Also I do not think that what he did was socially acceptable back then either, considering that the Gods were very upset with him trying to ruin Hector’s body.