The Seven Deadly Sins in Literature The seven deadly sins of the Catholic Church are very apparent in literature, such as Hamlet, Dante’s Inferno, Romeo and Juliet, The Great Gatsby, House of Cards, and Oblomov. Characters from these books show these traits often, and sometimes more than one at a time. While the idea of going to hell is a prevailing thought for most of these characters, none seem to do much to avoid it. While focused on their particular task, these characters create a wake of destruction
during the time period, Boniface's authority was vigorously challenged during his nine year reign from 1294 to 1303. By committing sins that involve conscious fraud through simony, Pope Boniface VIII is located in the Eighth Circle of Hell of Dante’s Inferno. Boniface’s political and spiritual ambitions, along with his desires result in additional sins such as heresy, simony, embezzlement of crusade funds, warmongering, assassination, idolatry, blasphemies, fornication, and sodomy. Through his fraudulent
In Middle Ages, Europe was a predominantly Christian continent, ruled by Kings and also the Church. While other religions did live amongst them, they were sometimes seen as second class citizens, or even worse. The Jews were expelled in the early summer of 1290 and were completely gone from England by October, as per the King’s orders. They left England and settled in many other European cities, often settling in small villages with their communities. The were only invited back to England by Oliver
collector of classical manuscripts. Through his efforts the works of Cicero and the poems of Homer and Virgil became known in the West. Gave rise to civic humanists. Wrote sonnets in Italian expressing his love for beautiful Laura. Dante- made Dante’s inferno. It scared many people into hell and helped them to repent for their