In the eyes of Dante Alighieri, there were many types of sin's, some stronger than other's. He believed that each sin had to be punished according to its level of strength. In his novel, The Inferno, Dante includes three major levels of sin. He places people who have committed fraud at the very bottom of the inferno because he believed taht they were the most offensive sinners to God. Those who are guilty of violence …
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…harshest for those who committed fraud. By writing about these three levels and how they blind and hurt people's soul's, Dante wants us to learn that we have a choice. We can choose to sin, because God presented man with freewill, or we can choose to go to heaven. Incontinence, fraud,and violence, all potential sins which mankind may choose from, tear apart the human spirit and block the pathway to heaven for many people.