The final battle...

[Vladislak]

Okay, I enjoy Kefka as much as the next FFVI fan, so I was just doing some reading about him and his final forms on the FF wiki and came across this interesting passage that compares it to Dante's "Divine Comedy".

The final battle against Kefka draws strong symbolism from the Divine Comedy an epic poem in which a man called Dante travels through Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. The first tier in the battle is represented by a demon, and in the Divine Comedy the first tier is Hell where Satan is entrapped up to his waist. The second tier of the battle contains beasts, people and machinery, which collectively represent Purgatory, the second tier in the Divine Comedy. The third tier is inspired by Michelangelo's Pietà, a sculpture of Jesus' body lying in Mary's lap after he is crucified. This represents the third tier in the Divine Comedy, Heaven, with Rest and Lady in the positions of Jesus and Mary in the Pietà. The final tier in the Divine Comedy is when Dante comes face-to-face with God, who explains to him the meaning of life. This again reflects Kefka, who has become the God of Magic and tells the Returners that life is meaningless.

I personally have only read "Inferno"; the first third of Dante's Divine Comedy. But even by that I can see the comparisons between the first tier and the Inferno.

Anyway, I'm just curious as to what people think of this. Obviously I'd rather this not become a religious debate and be moved elsewhere, so I'll ask you to limit yourself to talking about whether or not Dante's work actually fits the tiers rather than talk about the content of Dante's work by itself.


P.S. If you don't know anything about the "Divine Comedy", the quote I provided still gives you a decent summary of it, so you can base your opinion off that if you like.

 

[SABR]

Whoa, dude. I did not notice that. That is seriously neat. I never made that connection. I always thought perhaps those were just the Warring Triad members, in ultimate forms. The fact that they give Dante such an awesome nod is, well, awesome.

Wait a sec, just realized something. Demon = hell, Fiend = purgatory, Goddess = heaven. Maybe. It's just a theory. Kudos.