Comparing Dante's Inferno And No Exit

This essay is on setting differences using the works of Dante's The Inferno and Jean Paul Sartre's No Exit.Adam looks about spotting all the important people that will influence the rest of his life. He takes a deep breath and prepares to make this his last and final addition to life. Quietly he draws back from the church as if to stop time, this moment may define him as a man. He turns to look at the priest as if to reply his answer, but suddenly he realizes the hand he is holding is as cold as death. Quickly he snaps back into reality recognizing he is not asking for his bride's hand in marriage, but burying her. Once again his mind tricked him into thinking that he was starting all over again with a new chance; however, as in life, sometimes

For Gracin he sees mirrors everywhere, and this shows the torture he goes through in hell, being constantly reminded of his sins. On the other hand, for Inez her mirror is seeing Estelle, her object of desire, and Gracin together forever, while also being constantly reminded of the sin, lust, she committed on earth. Dante's work is much morerepresentative, and his creatures of hell disclose their symbolism in the guarding of the different circles of hell. For example the Minotaur, once a great beast who guarded many, is now guardian of circle seven and will forever be reminded of his sins on earth due to the fact his is the guardian of those who can never escape and his presence is a struggle of unending hell. The sins of hell in The Inferno and No Exit both exemplify the notion thatthe sin you committed on earth is also the punishment you shall receive in

Each direct physical setting of the circles of hell in Dante's Inferno show a unique atmosphere that maximizes the level of irony. For example, in the third circle of hell, the gluttons, the characters Dante and Virgil see themselves in "gigantic garbage dump" (p.78, l. 98). The punished are forced to live in this garbage dump in a setting or atmosphere they never could stand on earth. Another instance of ironical atmosphere, the silence that is maintained throughout Limbo.

In all the other circles of hell there is constant reference to the wailing and fiendish noise of hell; yet, in Limbo like those who could not decide, the noise is neither joyous or despairing. In a comparable style, Jean Paul Sartre also creates this ironical atmosphere with his physical setting. From beginning to end, Jean Paul Sartre constitutes a ironical sense with having his maincharacters seeing his version of hell in a hotel suite. This ironical atmosphere gives the readers exactly the reaction he wants, the idea that this could never be hell because the lack of flaming pits and pointy tailed