What was once so pure is now rare. In today's society, half of all marriages in the United States end in divorce. We cannot going to the theater without seeing at least one sex scene on screen, and the shorter or tighter the outfit, the better The fine line between loving the whole person, inside and out. , and simply being sexually attracted to her is more than ever considered "normal". However, one must wonder if anything has really changed since the writing of The Divine Comedy. lust and the 2013 hit film, Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor, there is a clear parallel between the two In both stories the major theme is love however, both show the perversion of this; love Dante Alighieri completed Inferno, one of the three series of The Divine Comedy, in 1314. Inferno presents Dante's version of Hell and describes sinners and their He divides Hell into nine circles arranged in the shape of a d. funnel, with the most serious sins at the bottom of the funnel. It's no surprise that lust is one of the nine circles of Hell, but these are the most minor punishments. On the other hand, Temptation is all about love and lust. A young couple is broken up when the wife, who ironically is a marriage counselor, finds a love interest through her job, making what seems like a perfect match. love for each other turns into a broken relationship because of lust and deception. Although Inferno has a main theme, each circle of Hell has its own sin, or theme. Subthemes range from gluttony, suicide, and betrayal. Ironically, the main theme of Inferno and the sin of the second circle coincide. Like ...... middle of paper ...... his day. This was obviously a big enough problem to send him for a trip to Hell. This sinful act is on the rise and will not go away anytime soon. Unless society stops applauding this act, future generations might think that love and lust mean the same thing. But this makes us wonder if Dante's Inferno was rewritten from today's perspective, would lust become one of the greatest sins in Hell? Works CitedAlighieri, Dante. "Hell." The Bedford Anthology of World Literature: The Intermediate Period, 100 CE-1450. Ed. Paul Davis, Gary Harrison, David M. Johnson, Patricia Clark Smith, John F. Crawford. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin, 2004. 678-848. Print.Temptation: Confessions of a marriage counselor. Real. Tyler Perry. Perf. Jurnee Smollett, Lance Gross, Robbie Jones. Lionsgate, 2013. FilmE.L. Jacques. Fifty Shades of Grey. UK: Vintage Books, 2011. Print.