Dante says above(A criticism of Dante's Passage in Inferno, standing)As the great Norman Vincent Peale once said, “The problem with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism." In Dante's Inferno, he creates a vivid image of what his version of hell looks like. Hell is not the typical hell they talk about in the movies. You have to put everything else aside when you start reading about Dante's Inferno. In Canto XXIV, round eight, the song “In Standing” lives. This passage is a passage full of inspiration and pushes a person to give their best. In Dantes, The Inferno, especially the passage “Up to Thy Feet,” (p. 207) can be criticized in many ways, three of these include inspiration, personal drive, and understanding. Your feet, passage, there are many lines that fall into the category of inspiration during the critique. The passage as a whole is an inspiration, but there are also many things within it that convey this message. “The man who lies asleep and never awakens from fame, ...