Greek Vrs Christian Views - 1283 Words

The Christian view of evil and the Greek view of evil are complete opposites as depicted in Dante Alighieri’s play The Divine Comedy: Inferno compared to Euripides play Medea. The Christian view differs from the Greek account of evil by the belief in God. The Christian view has clear boundaries of good and bad behavior as shown in Inferno while the Greek belief is that nothing is inherently evil as seen in Medea. The Christian and Greek views differ on the punishment directly related or unrelated to the evil behavior. Violence as an act of evil varies between the Christian and Greek views. Lust, as an evil act, also differs between the two views. Christian and Greek views vastly differ on the premise of sorcerers, as evil figures.†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"Your present husband is not in exile because he exiled your son and he hasn’t been killed for killing me, killing me twice as much as my sister in a living death. If murder sits in judgment and demand s murder in requital.† (Medea pg 111. para 1090) The Christian view and Greek views differ on the punishment directly related or unrelated to the evil behavior. The difference of evil through the acts of violence in the Greek and Christian texts of Medea and Dante’s Inferno is also interesting. The Christian view as exemplified by Dante is that violence is a lesser evil than fraud. In Inferno the seventh circle of hell while the eighth is fraud. The Greek view as seen in the play Medea is that violence is a necessary evil. Media uses her evilness to complete her murderous plots. Medea’s violence is the ultimate evil and it is extreme and continuous. Violence as an act of evil varies between the Christian and Greek views of Inferno and Medea respectively. Lust, as an evil act, differs between the Christian and Greek views. The idea of lust in the Christian poem Inferno is addressed as the second of 9 circles or a relatively minor act of evil. Lust is not seen as that big of a sin relatively speaking as the first circle of hell is limbo and there are a total of nine circles of hell. The Greek tragedy Medea shows lust as the ultimate evil and triggers Medea’s rampage. Thus, lust as an act of evil differs between the