No Hope Left

     This week I finished my Dante's presentation (with one all-nighter) and was able to present my Prezi on Thursday, as planned. I was very proud of myself for being able to successfully complete my humungous project and share it with the class. I also think my presentation went fairly well (minus the "King....King....King...Oh wait this isn't the King one!" bit, although it was a bit of a hoot for the class). Watching the presentations go on after mine, I noticed that the punishments in the different cantos became more and more severe. The punishments, in my opinion, seemed fair for only a few cantos after mine before the torture the souls had to go through shocked and horrified me.
     The 14th canto, to be specific, has been the one to shock and horrify me the most so far in our journey of presentations. One of the sins to get into that torture chamber, dare I say, was to swear against God. It scared me a bit because I am guilty of a few of these sins, and it was freaky to think that if this inferno was real, I would be stuck under eternal fire rain, with no break or no place to hide. Or my punishment could be worse, depending on what I did. It's very interesting for me to compare how common these sins are nowadays to how horrible they could be punished for committing them. As the presentations go on, I am sure I will be seeing how deep into hell I have gotten myself so far.