A Crime Against Man

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In 14th century Europe, Christianity was the major religion and due to its influence it was only logical that someone write an epic poem about the Christian afterlife. In Dante’s Inferno, Dante travels to hell. He describes it as having various circles, and within each circle are sinners, each with different punishments. If Dante were around today to see everyday academic life, he would have added more circles to hell, and one of these circles would contain the sinners who have cheated on exams.
Cheating is one of the most controversial subjects in academic life. Students seem to have justifications for it, such as the class being unreasonably difficult, or the teacher being incompetent; however, even in these circumstances, cheating is still morally wrong. Cheating is taking the short way out; the person who cheats doesn’t study but still gets a good grade, therefore not putting much effort into the grade. One might not think so, but cheating ultimately hurts the cheater. When a person cheats on an exam that person does not really know or comprehend the information on the exam. If the person does not know the information and it shows up on another exam they would then have to cheat yet again which causes a never-ending cycle of cheating. Another reason why cheating hurts the cheater is that one doesn’t gain anything, except a “good-grade” from that test. Tests are supposed to see where academically one is in a class, and what one needs assistance on. If a person cheats, they will never know what they need help in. In addition, cheating is very unfair. If a person who cheats gets a higher grade than someone who put hard work and dedication into the test, the cheater should get some penalty. But the sad truth is that not all cheat...

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...heating may be writing the answers on one’s body, but now they have to inscribe “cheater” on their skin instead of answers. It is also ironic because people who cheat multiple times don’t care or realize how morally wrong their actions are. By writing “cheater” all of their body they will forever be reminded why they are in Inferno.
During the course of Dante’s trip to the underworld he emphasizes how morally wrong it is to be a fraud. He emphasizes it by making it the lowest circles in the underworld, even below murder, because the lower one gets in hell the more morally wrong the sin that one commits is. He also makes it the sin that has the most pouches so this gives the idea that it’s the sin that has the widest variety of sinners. In conclusion, if Dante were around in everyday academic school life, he would certainly have added cheating on an exam to Inferno.

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