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Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human (1948)

April 16, 2022 By Sephora Affa, FSU '24

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“…The front door of another person’s house terrified me more than the gate of Inferno in the Divine Comedy, and I am not exaggerating when I say that I really felt I could detect within the door the presence of a horrible dragon-like monster writhing there with a dank, raw, smell…” –Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human, 1948

Contributed by Camila Aguilar (University of Texas at Austin, ’25)

Categories: Written Word
Tagged with: 1948, Books, Gates of Hell, Hell, Inferno, Japan, Journeys, Literature, Monsters, Novels

The Gaslight Anthem, The Navesink Banks (2007)

October 19, 2021 By Ezra Berman '23

“New Jersey band The Gaslight Anthem referenced the Comedy in their song ‘The Navesink Banks’ from the album Sink or Swim with the opening line, ‘All hope abandoned, ye who enter here’.”    —Wikipedia

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 2007, Abandon All Hope, Gates of Hell, Hell, Inferno, New Jersey, Rock

Dog with a Blog (2015)

September 9, 2021 By Professor Arielle Saiber

“In Season 3 Episode 7 of Dog with a Blog (time stamp 6:50), the main character, Avery, is talking about some of the quirks that her friend
Max has, including a sign on her bedroom door that says, “Abandon all hope ye who enter here.”   –Sarah Scherkenbach

Contributed by Sarah Scherkenbach (The Bolles School, ’22)

Categories: Odds & Ends
Tagged with: 2015, Abandon All Hope, Blogs, Dogs, Gates of Hell, Hell, Inferno, Television

Ubisoft, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (2008)

September 4, 2021 By Ezra Berman '23

“The fifth act of Rainbow Six: Vegas takes place in a casino that is under construction called ‘Dante’s’. The first chapter is called ‘Hell’s Gate’.”    —Wikipedia

Categories: Consumer Goods
Tagged with: 2008, Gates of Hell, Hell, Inferno, Las Vegas, Video Games

WrestleMania 36 (2020)

August 19, 2021 By Ezra Berman '23

“In WrestleMania 36 the Firefly Fun House Match contains numerous references to Dante’s Divine Comedy, specifically, Inferno. Such as the sign on the door when John Cena enters says, ‘Abandon all hope ye who exit here.’ …”    —Wikipedia

Categories: Performing Arts
Tagged with: 2020, Abandon All Hope, Circles of Hell, Divine Comedy, Gates of Hell, Hell, Inferno, Television, Wrestling

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