In Dante Alighieri's Inferno, many different people were put in Hell for what Dante believes they had done wrong. He assigns them to different sections of Hell due to the severity of their sins in their previous life. If Dante were alive and made revisions to Hell today, he would put Superman, Brian Griffin from "Family Guy", Xerxes from "300", Scar from "The Lion King", Squidward's Tentacles from "Spongebob Squarepants", for the various sins they committed in their past lives. Superman should go to eternal flames for his violence against God. Superman should go to the Seventh Circle, Third Ring of Hell, reserved specifically for those who have been blasphemous in life. Although Superman did good, he also acted like a God. People treated him like one, and that doesn't mean he is the one true God. In Canto XIV, Veglia explains to Dante why a person, a king, is there and fits the idea of Superman going to Hell: he held - and seems to still hold - God with great contempt by scorning him; but as I told him now, his curses fit well as ornaments upon his breast. (69-72) The punishment is symbolically correct because Superman can shoot bright beams of fire from his eyes, move at excessively high speeds, and is impervious to pain. Now he will lie, motionless, prostrate on the boiling sand, watching the endless snowfall of fire, and he will burn for his sins for all eternity. Another person, or rather a dog, who should enter the eternal flame would be Brian from "Family Guy" for being an atheist, lustful and seductive. Of all three the worst sin would be being an atheist, but there are also multiple times in the show where Brian is caught praying not to go to that... middle of paper... .gh those few moments of anger. However, while his body is submerged under water, his nose may go and enter the eternal struggle with the wrathful. His punishment would be symbolically correct because in life all he did was become morose or angry, and now in death he can remain morose underwater forever while his nose fights with the angry. All these people, fictional or otherwise, should burn for eternity for the crimes they committed in this life. Superman and Xerxes should be there to act like gods. Brian for seducing women. Scar from his violence against his brother. Last, but not least, is Squidward who should take the time to be sulky in every moment of his life. Works Cited Alighieri, Dante. Volume 1: Inferno. The Divine Comedy: Volume 1 Inferno (Penguin Classics). Trans. Allen Mandelbaum. New York: Bantam Classics, 1981. Print.
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