So for my planning phase I want to focus on making the story
of Dantes Inferno more current and relatable. I plan on changing up a lot of
the character including changing the guide. I was thinking of changing the
guide from Virgil to a more modern poet Dr. Seuss. Dr. Seuss saves Dante from
the leopard (represents lack of self-control) , lion (represents violence), and
she wolf (represents fraud) that hunt him through the woods. He tells Dante
that he has been sent by his “Divine Love” Beatrice has sent him to guide him
through hell so that she may guide him through purgatory. If Dante doesn’t come
with Dr. Seuss the beasts will kill him, so he decides to take the journey
through Hell. Dr. Seuss explains to Dante the 9 levels of Hell: Limbo, Lust,
Gluttony, Greed, Anger, Heresy, Violence, Fraud, and Treachery. Dr. Seuss
guides Dante through the gates of Hell and the ferryman, Charon, takes them
across the Acheron river. Dante find himself in Limbo, where ill need to come
back and add modern people to be in this level of hell. He next goes to the
level of Lust where he finds the famous golfer Tiger Woods there. Next in
Gluttony he finds Lindsay Lohan. In Greed he finds people such a C. Montgomery
Burns from the Simpsons. In Anger he finds the Hulk, Mel Gibson, and Anger from
Inside Out. Going to come back to the Heresy level. For the Violence level,
some of the most famous serial killers of all time will be featured: Michael
Myers, Jason Voorhees, Ted Bundy, OJ Simpson and many others. Fraud will be
spotlighted by Charles Ponzi, Bernie Madoff, Rush Limbaugh and Jeffrey
Skilling. The treachery level will have people such as Donald Trump, Hillary
Clinton, Guy Fawkes, Benedict Arnold, and Kevin Durant. So I plan on building
around these ideas a lot more in the coming week and will have appropriate
punishments.
Bibliography: Dantes Inferno by Dante Alighieri and Modern Day Dantes Inferno
