In the Allegory of the Cave there were people only able to look at the cave wall and only be able to see the shadows of what people were doing. The people looking at the wall could only really see a glimpse or part of what was going on in real life. This is a form of torture because the people are chained to face the wall and this is it, they can not turn around or anything. In the inferno Dante has to go through seven different layers of hell and torture. It only gives you a slight understanding of what life could be like if it was not hell. Both these stories have torture and only allow the people to get a little bit of a taste of what life is like for the people who get to live life for the good
In the Allegory of the Cave there were people only able to look at the cave wall and only be able to see the shadows of what people were doing. The people looking at the wall could only really see a glimpse or part of what was going on in real life. This is a form of torture because the people are chained to face the wall and this is it, they can not turn around or anything. In the inferno Dante has to go through seven different layers of hell and torture. It only gives you a slight understanding of what life could be like if it was not hell. Both these stories have torture and only allow the people to get a little bit of a taste of what life is like for the people who get to live life for the good