There are copious beliefs that the uncommitted life is not worth living, which is especially believed within Jesus. In the Bible, the story explains how Jesus was sacrificed by dying for our sins. Jesus died for all of humankind to have a chance of redeeming our sinful acts, but not for wasteful lives. This relates to Dante’s Inferno because being uncommitted is a sin, as it is in the real world. Being Uncommitted is enough to be doomed to Hell, which is where suffering really exaggerates pain and distress. When one is a coward or unfaithful to God that makes him or her uncommitted. The best way to define ‘contrapasso’ would be: a punishment that symbolically reflects the sin. There is a profuse amount of punishments that would be fitting for the Uncommitted souls; however I believe the wasps and horseflies stinging is …show more content…
The insects streaked their faces with their blood, which, mingled with their tears, fell at their feet, where it was gathered up by sickening worms” (3.64-69). In depth, this quote explains what the souls experienced; the pain and agony of an eternal punishment. In correlation to the punishment, there are myriad contrapasso options. For instance, the stinging of the wasps and horseflies force the souls to run, but they will never be free. Imagine, one is running naked from the constant stinging of horseflies and wasps; agonizing, is it not? Insects streaking the souls’ faces with their blood and tears can be contrapasso due to the fact that their identity was almost a blur; so they suffer with the reality for eternity. Subsequently, the worms symbolize the ground that was walked on by the Uncommitted; and how they had negative forces with themselves and did not appreciate God’s creations. It does not take much to be committed; so why waste life not putting forth the