Few reporters proclaim their convictions. Fewer still act on them to serve what they believe to be the greater good. In times of profound moral crisis, most reporters make the 'Great Refusal.' The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
In his poem 'Inferno' Dante tours the underworld and sees a swarm of anguished souls barred from heaven and hell doomed to limbo. They are the neutrals, whose lives meant nothing because they refused to commit themselves. They have all made what Dante calls the 'Great Refusal.'
Read the summary and then answer these Dantes's Inferno Questions.
Take the Inferno Test to see which level of Hell you would be banished to. Do you agree? Share your comments in our Google Class comments.
