Question

Which statement most accurately describes a central theme that runs throughout Dante's Inferno?

A. No person, powerful or weak, rich or poor, can escape the laws of God.
B. The greatest threat to one's purity is the corrupting influence of trusted friends.
C. A person's status among the living reflects his or her status in the afterlife.
D. Hell is divided into nine circles, and each is devoted to a different kind of sin.

Answer 1

The answer is A. No person, powerful or weak, rich or poor, can escape the laws of God.

This theme runs through the entirety of Dante's Inferno. As we taken down through each circle of hell we are reminded how everyone no matter how they lived cannot escape the laws of God and that Gods word is all there is.

C and D are definitely themes in the book but not the central theme as such, hell is the platform for where the story takes place and each layer represents how a person's status in life reflects their punishment/fate in the afterlife. However the overarching theme is that God plans your fate.

Answer 2

The correct answer should be A. No person, powerful or weak, rich or poor, can escape the laws of God.

You can see that through various characters, some of which were even wealthy kings or even Popes. He shows that although they were unbeatable in real life, in the afterlife they were judged by god accordingly.