In Dante's Divine Comedy, if Hell is divided into 9 circles and Paradise into 9 spheres, what is divided into 7 terraces?
Divine Comedy divided into three parts: "Inferno", "Purgatorio", and "Paradiso". The narrative describes Dante's travels through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise or Heaven, while allegorically the poem represents the soul's journey towards God. Dante draws on medieval Christian theology and philosophy, especially Thomistic philosophy and the "Summa Theologica" of Thomas Aquinas. Consequently, the "Divine Comedy" has been called "the "Summa" in verse". In Dante's work, Virgil is presented as human reason and Beatrice is presented as divine knowledge. The work was originally simply titled Comedia (; so also in the first printed edition, published in 1472), Tuscan for "Comedy", later adjusted to the
9 Circles plays win this award two years in a row. 9 Circles 9 Circles is a play by Bill Cain based on the military career and subsequent civilian trial of murderer Steven Dale Green. Cain is a Jesuit priest. The play's title refers to Dante Alighieri's Inferno—in which Dante navigates a descent into the "nine circles of hell". In Cain's play, Green passes through his discharge from the Army and various judicial and administrative procedures, roughly paralleling the nine circles of Dante's "Inferno". Cain structured the play so other cast members would return to play multiple characters, at each different circle.