o sins. For example, a possible error that can be seen in this method is with Cleopatra, who committed the sin of lust as well as, suicide. Dante has placed her in the second circle; lust, which is the lesser of her two sins. The lustful must walk around quietly and sadly with their partners, while the suicides must be tortured constantly by animals picking at their branches. With a personal hell, both punishments could be carried out at the same time. She also committed a sin that would put her in a lower circle, the seventh, for suicide. Dante believed that she should be punished for her lust, instead of her worse sin, suicide. With a more personalized hell, Cleopatra could be punished not only for her lustful ways, but also for her suicide.A more personalized Hell, one that punishes for every sin, would be a more effective method. This model would be more effective because instead of the sin, we concentrate more on the sinner and what they did in their life. There are many people in this world that commit plenty of horrible sins, and they should be punished for all of them. There could be personal sections of Hell, instead of circles for individual sins. In these personal sections, a soul would be put in an environment that would fit their sin committed. This would provide more appropriate means of punishing those who have committed multiple sins. A person, such as described above, could be punished the same way Dante describes, but suffer all of the punishments, as apposed to one. Dante’s punishments may be effective; however, the grouping takes away from the many other sins that deserve punishment. In their own section they can be punished by the severity of their sin, as well, as for all of the sins they have committed. For example, Cleopatra could be a tree with all of her lovers as trees around her. Then constantly, they are being eaten and taken away right in front of her eyes. This personalized punishm...
