In The Divine Comedy, Dante organizes both Heaven and Hell into several different divisions. Hell is broken down into nine levels, some with sublevels. Heaven, or Paradise, is separated into ten kingdoms. Each of these sections represents a lifestyle on Earth. The lifestyle in the afterlife is indirectly chosen in the mortal existence. In general, Paradise represents the ideal society functioning completely and pleasantly. In contrast, Hell corresponds to a society in which all its …showed first 75 words of 1299 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1299 total…outlines the importance of benefiting one’s society. God spills onto mankind certain gifts with which man can become virtuous. Abuse of these gifts leads only to corruption of society and damnation of the soul. Dante’s structure of Heaven and Hell appears just. A system of redemption is set up through the climb of the mountain of Purgatory. All virtuous souls are rightly placed, and the self-indulgent, abusive spend eternity suffering for their faults.