The critical analysis article by critic Susan E. Blow discusses the meaning of sin to man compared to Dante’s Inferno. Blow states that in today’s society, man is “rapidly losing the consciousness of sin” (Blow) and is blending the lines of right and wrong. Throughout Divina Commedia, the idea of being “one with God” is tossed around and is discussed through “corruption of the will, the purification of the will, and the perfection of the will” (Blow). In man’s eyes, sin is seen as something they will get punished for in the after life, but they don’t realize the varying degrees of sins and their punishments. In Dante’s Inferno, the level of hell that one is placed in depends on the severity of the sin committed while living. In essence, the