At the beginning of Dante's Inferno, Dante engages the reader in a personal way by including them in his story. It allows the reader to identify with themselves and emphasizes that they will or most likely will have had the experience of losing their way in life. Halfway through our life I found myself/ In dark woods, the good path lost (Dante, 1408). Hell is often described as the epitome of the medieval worldview, a codification of early medieval values ​​in art, science, theology, and philosophy (Wilke, Hurt). He was a pious man whose own experiences in a corrupt society shaped his writing style and the symbolism he included in his stories. There are graphic details of each circle of hell describing the appropriate judgment of each sin. Essentially, the condemned are those who have ignored God's laws and escaped his spirit. He describes the different realms of Hell and always describes the emotions he feels so that the reader understands the severity of what he witnessed. Comedy is meant to symbolize the world we live in; and Dante's journey into the afterlife assesses human struggles with sin, whether they overcome it or succumb to it. Dante's imagery shows how he illustrates God's divine punishment and his own intentions of judging sinners by creating the circles of hell in a downward spiral. The further down the spiral, the more serious the sins, the more terrible the punishment. Dante presents an appropriate schematic judgment in the nine circles of hell because it was important to symbolize the judgment his society would suffer due to its low moral standards. In Canto I, Dante is trying to find his way because he has lost "the straight path." » (Dante 1405). He can't ... middle of paper ...... clearly have a problem with people who have committed frauds, hypocrites and blasphemers. Virgil goes on to explain the order of the circles as they get smaller. Therefore, each sin begins to be broken down and why the souls were placed in certain areas, Virgil and Dante focus on how their sins not only affect the person but also impact God, Virgil says,. . because fraud is specific to man. / this displeases God more; therefore the fraudulent are placed lower/……………………………………………………………………………………………...Violence is committed against the Deities/by cursing Him and denying Him in his heart; (1448, 1449). There are times when Dante pits Hell against his society, Hell is basically the self-centered and vile city that serves its own judgment at the expense of its citizens. It ignores the common good, creating a self-destructive society that corrupts its citizens..