While I was reading Cantos V, I noticed how Minos was the "gatekeeper" of Hell, weighing the sins of the damned and assigning them to a circle in Hell for the rest of eternity. He immediately struck me as Hell's equivalent of St. Peter, who is portrayed as the gatekeeper of Heaven. However, while St. Peter is a man, Minos is a monster. In my opinion, St. Peter can represent a love for Jesus, as St. Peter was his disciple when he was alive, while Minos represents the sinful nature of mankind, as sin can drive humans to do truly monstrous (in a bad way) things.
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A morbid comparison but I can definitely see where you are coming from. Your second claim was great to. It almost shows the separation that occurs between those who go to Heaven and those who go to Hell. The ones in Hell are truly void of good and almost become inhuman, like monsters.
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