Shahnameh and Inferno. Literature & Language Essay

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Shahnameh and Inferno
The state of undergoing pain, hardship or distress is what can best describe suffering. Both Shahnameh and Dante's Inferno revolved around the mortality and human suffering subjects. Quite often, people from all times and cultures do not think of the consequences that their actions might bring whether in the present or their afterlife. The two famous epics dwell in showing the human suffering hardships in a way that people more so readers can relate and get to learn from. Notably, suffering and pain are hardships that are experienced by every living person. The Shahnameh and Inferno portray human misfortunes instances and the suffering that comes right after. So, what causes humans to suffer?
Within Shahnameh, Rustam is considered the heroes mightiest and also in the mythology of Iran. In his journey of strength and bravery, he gets to share married life with Tahmina even though it is only briefly. He leaves her soon after not knowing that she is carrying his son. He does not go back when he learns that the baby born is a girl a thing that society didn't take well. Notably, Rustam faces 7 deadly trials which make him endure a great deal of suffering where he kills a lion in his sleep, his horse gets injured pretty bad and this makes him sad, in the desert, he nearly dies of thirst a dragon that approaches him almost kills him but he manages to slay it. Unfortunately, he faces a lot of battles after this where he also unknowingly kills his son in the war. Withal, his great bravery sense and courage, he gets to move on.
In the Inferno, the book speaks truths that are universal about the conditions of humans that suffering is unavoidable and inevitable. Dante is the hero who gets excommunicated to never come back but he does. Hell is regarded as the place where unrepentant sinners a...