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'''''Inferno''''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language Italian] for "Hell") is the first part of [[Dante Alighieri|Dante's]] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy Divine Comedy]''. The poem was written in the early [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th century]. It is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory allegory] telling of the journey of Dante through what is largely the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval medieval] concept of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell Hell], guided by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Roman] poet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil Virgil]. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine Circles of suffering located within the Earth. Allegorically, the ''Divine Comedy'' represents the journey of the soul towards God, with the ''Inferno'' describing the recognition and rejection of sin.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(Dante) Wikipedia]</ref> | '''''Inferno''''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language Italian] for "Hell") is the first part of [[Dante Alighieri|Dante's]] ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy Divine Comedy]''. The poem was written in the early [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th century]. It is an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory allegory] telling of the journey of Dante through what is largely the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval medieval] concept of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell Hell], guided by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Roman] poet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil Virgil]. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine Circles of suffering located within the Earth. Allegorically, the ''Divine Comedy'' represents the journey of the soul towards God, with the ''Inferno'' describing the recognition and rejection of sin.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(Dante) Wikipedia]</ref> | ||
In ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', when seeing the portal structure to the [[Shield World]] in [[Onyx]]'s [[Core Room Antechamber]], [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez|Mendez]] mentioned that it "reminds [him] of Dante's ''Inferno''." [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Halsey]] corrected him that "Dante's hell was a series of ''descending'' rings," but was interrupted as the area shifted.<ref>''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', | In ''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'', when seeing the portal structure to the [[Shield World]] in [[Onyx]]'s [[Core Room Antechamber]], [[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez|Mendez]] mentioned that it "reminds [him] of Dante's ''Inferno''." [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey|Halsey]] corrected him that "Dante's hell was a series of ''descending'' rings," but was interrupted as the area shifted.<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', page 347</ref> Additionally, ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'' has drawn some speculation that it was inspired by the poem. In it, [[The Rookie|the protagonist]] is guided through a metaphorical hell by [[Vergil]], a subroutine of the city's [[Superintendent (Construct)|Superintendent]]-class [[Artificial Intelligence|AI]]. Towards the end of the game, he descends to Sublevel 09 of the [[New Mombasa Data Center|Data Center]], where part of it has been frozen, similar to Cocytus, the frozen ninth level of hell.<ref>'''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''', ''[[Data Hive (Level)]]''</ref> | ||
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Inferno (Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Dante's Divine Comedy. The poem was written in the early 14th century. It is an allegory telling of the journey of Dante through what is largely the medieval concept of Hell, guided by the Roman poet Virgil. In the poem, Hell is depicted as nine Circles of suffering located within the Earth. Allegorically, the Divine Comedy represents the journey of the soul towards God, with the Inferno describing the recognition and rejection of sin.[1]
In Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, when seeing the portal structure to the Shield World in Onyx's Core Room Antechamber, Chief Petty Officer Mendez mentioned that it "reminds [him] of Dante's Inferno." Halsey corrected him that "Dante's hell was a series of descending rings," but was interrupted as the area shifted.[2] Additionally, Halo 3: ODST has drawn some speculation that it was inspired by the poem. In it, the protagonist is guided through a metaphorical hell by Vergil, a subroutine of the city's Superintendent-class AI. Towards the end of the game, he descends to Sublevel 09 of the Data Center, where part of it has been frozen, similar to Cocytus, the frozen ninth level of hell.[3]
References
- ^ Wikipedia
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 347
- ^ Halo 3: ODST, Data Hive (Level)
