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The journey of through Hell, in both its structure and content, symbolizes the nature of sin and punishment. The structure of the book takes the reader step by step through greater and greater sins. The content of the book shows the different punishments for sins ....

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.... a person can ultimately commit. This shows that we must recognize our sins and wrong doings before we end up in Hell, or, existentially speaking, lost in pure, dark evil. It is almost like a small lie that can grow and grow to ultimately consume your life. In its content, the Inferno also shows the reader what a sin is really like by creating a symbolic punishment which mirrors the actual sin. Hell is a place "where penalties are paid by those who, sowing discord, earned Hell’s wages." For example, in canto V lines 31-45, writes, "[Referring to those who lusted] I came to a place where no light shown at all, bellowing like the sea racked by a t ....