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What happens in
Canto 7: Circle 4 The Hoarders and the Wasters
Canto 7?
Circle 5 The Wrathful and the Sullen
Punishment: Hoarders against Wasters, each roll stone around
a circle; half-way around, boulders smash into each other and
groups turn around and go the other way – they can’t figure out that
it will happen again.
They see across marsh of Styx; wrathful in Circle 5 fighting each other
Stuck in the muddy marsh are the sullen Cornell Notes
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What happens in
Canto 8?
Canto 8: Circle 5: Styx The Wrathful
Phlegyas, boatman of the Styx takes souls to Circle 5, and gives
Virgil and Dante a ride to Circle 5; They see Filippo Argenti (he is
wrathful) who tries to stop the boat and capsize it – Dante hated him
in Florence – and sure enough, he has all the other wrathful tear
Argenti to bits before the get to the gates of hell at Dis
Circle 6: Dis The Fallen Angels
They see the red towers of Dis and Gates of Hell now, guarded by
rebellious angels who won’t let Virgil and Dante pass; Virgil prays for
Divine assistance
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What happens in
Canto 9?
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Canto 9: Circle 6 The Heretics
Virgil and Dante arrive at the Gates of Dis but can’t get in because
Fallen angels won’t let them; also 3 winged Furies threaten the poets
and call Medusa
Finally, the messenger from God comes and opens the gates
The punishment of the 6th circle is it is barren like a graveyard;
punished souls of Heretics are in tombs that are on fire
Heretics deny immortality, so they spend eternity in graves, denied
immortality.
What happens in
Canto 10?
Canto 10: Circle 6 The Heretics again
Dante meets Cavalcanti and Farinata degli Uberti and they all talk;
Farinata “prophesies” Dante’s banishment
What happens in
Canto 11?
Canto 11: Circle 6 More Heretics?!
This layer has rubble from the earthquake that occurred when Christ
rose from the dead – part of the punishment for the heretics here;
They are surrounded by evidence of Christ’s resurrection though
they denied it
Pope Anastasius is here
Virgil stops here and explains the division in Lower Hell, and why
the incontinent and the others above are not punished lower
Summary:
These first 6 Circles end the division of Upper Hell from Lower Hell.
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Canto 12: Circle 7 Round 1 The Violent Against Neighbors
Canto 12?
On their way to Circle 7, Virgil and Dante have to get away from
the Minotaur, ½ bull ½ man;
They see the river of Blood in round 1 of Circle 7; the violent
against their neighbors are punished here; people who shed the
blood of others
Alexander the Great and Attila the Hun are here
The punishment: they are immersed in the river of boiling blood
Each person is immersed in the blood according to how much
blood they spilled on earth
If they try to get out of the boiling blood, Centaurs shoot arrows at
them so they get back in; at first Chiron the Centaur does not want
them to pass, but finally he agrees and has Nessus guide them
What happens in
Canto 13?
Canto 13: Circle 7 Round 2: The Violent Against Themselves
Nessus takes them to Round 2, to the Wood of Suicides
Those who committed suicide become trees that can only speak
when a branch is broken and their blood is shed
Harpies break their branches and feed on them while guarding them
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What happens in
Canto 14?
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Canto 14: Circle 7 Round 3: The Violent Against God, Nature, & Art
The punishment here is a plain of burning sand below and a rain of
fire from above
There are 3 classes of sinners here: Blasphemers (violent against
God); Sodomites (homosexuals; violent against Nature); and Usurers
(Violent against Art)
Capaneus is here, still blaspheming god – he won’t repent for
blaspheming
What happens in
Canto 15?
Canto 15: Circle 7 Round 3 Cont. The Violent Against Nature
Brunetto Latino is here – he was a “sodomite” (homosexual) who
was a mentor to Dante and influenced his writing
He also walks on the burning sand and has fire falling on him but Dante is very respectful of him
What happens in
Canto 16?
Canto 16: Circle 7 Round 3 some more….
The Violent Against Nature and Art
Dante meets 3 more “sodomites” from Florence, also respected men,
in Canto 16
At this point, Virgil has Dante remove the CORD around his robe
(like a rope) and drop it over the edge of an abyss - this makes a
creature appear…
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Canto 17?
Canto 17: Circle 7 Round 3…. The Violent Against Art; Geryon
The monster that came from the abyss when he saw Dante’s cord
is Geryon, the monster of Fraud
They have to fly down the cliff on Geryon’s back to get to lower
Round 3
In round three are the “violent against art” or usurers
Usurers lend money to others at a high interest rate – therefore,
they are violent against the arts, or gifts, god gives to make money
These souls are punished not only by the hot sands and raining
fire, but they also have purses hung around their necks identifying
their families
Geryon now carries Virgil and Dante down to circle 8
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What happens in
Canto 18?
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Canto 18: Circle 8 The Fraudulent and Malicious
Bolgia 1 the Panderers and Seducers
Upper half of the Hell of the Fraudulent and Malicious
Those punished are in “ditches” or pouches called Bolgia
Panderers and Seducers are seen first; they are punished by having
to walk in two lines next to a ditch while horned demons whip them
and make them hurry. These people goaded other people to serve
them in life; now they are goaded by demons in death.
Bolgia 2 the Flatterers
The flatterers are punished by being sunk in poop (excrement);
they were full of poop in real life; now they are stuck in it!
What happens in
Canto 19?
Canto 19: Circle 8 Bolgia 3
The Simoniacs
A simoniac is someone who sells church “favors” for profit
Like – if you sin, you can get absolution if you pay a certain fee
Because these are crimes of “holy” men in the church, their
punishment is that they are stuffed head-first into baptismal fonts
and their feet are burning with fire
When another simoniac dies, the first one in the font is sucked down
the drain forever – Pope Nicholas III is here
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Canto 20: Circle 8 Bolgia 4 The Fortune Tellers and Diviners
Canto 20?
These guys are here for using forbidden arts to look into the future
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Their punishment is that they have their heads turned backwards and
for eternity they walk backwards, never seeing what is in front
of them; their eyes are also blinded by tears, so they cannot
see the present, let alone the future
The most famous fortune teller/diviner/prophet is Tiresias, the blind
seer (prophet) from Thebes
What happens in
Canto 21?
Canto 21: Circle 8 Bolgia 5 The Grafters
These guys are stuck in sticky pitch to symbolize their “sticky fingers”
in life – they’re thieves
Meanwhile, demons stick grappling hooks in them if they try to get
out of the pitch (because they stuck their hooks into people for their
own gain during life)
The Senator of Lucca is here
Because the bridge to Bolgia 6 is shattered, demons have to escort
Them to the next Bolgia – these are the “Gargoyle” Cantos
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Canto 22?
Canto 22: Circle 8 Bolgia 5 again….Still grafters!
These Grafters hide under the sticky pitch like frogs, trying to stay
Out of the way of the demons like Hellken, Grizzly, and Curlybeard
What happens in
Canto 23?
Canto 23: Circle 8 Bolgia 6 The Hypocrites
Their punishment is that they are wrapped in heavy, leaden robes
and are forced to walk around and around a narrow track
The heavy robe looks like a monk’s habit (robe) – the contrapasso is
that these hypocrites look holy on the outside, but inside they carry
the weight of their deceit and sin
CAIAPHAS is here – he was the high priest of Jerusalem that
presided over Christ’s crucifixion – therefore, he is crucified to the
floor of hell in Bolgia 6 where everybody who passes by walks
on him
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Canto 24: Circle 8 Bolgia 7 … The Thieves
Canto 24?
These guys are punished by reptiles who curl themselves around
the sinners’ bodies like rope, tying their hands together
while they are tied, other reptiles fly around and tear them apart,
causing the sinners to burst into flames and then turn into ashes
Then they turn into people again and go through this again
The hands of the thieves led to their crimes, which is why they
are now bound in their death
VANNI FUCCI is here – he doesn’t want to be recognized – he stole
holy items from a church and never repented –
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Canto 25?
Canto 25: Circle 8 Bolgia 7 …. MORE Thieves!
That horrible Vanni Fucci!!! even in hell here, he curses God and
Dante, throwing up his fists in “figs” (like giving God and Dante
the finger – he’s a creep)
Weird stuff happens here while the reptiles punish the thieves Like, lizards wrap themselves around the souls, turning into the souls
And making the tortured souls into lizards – CREEPY!!
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What happens in
Canto 26?
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Canto 26: Circle 8 Bolgia 8 The Evil Counselors
These guys are punished by moving around Bolgia 8 hidden from
View by the flames that constantly surround them
These guys stole the wisdom they received from god and used it
for low purposes; therefore, they are hidden from others like they
hid their bad intentions from others while their own guilty consciences
burn them
Ulysses (Odysseus) and Diomede are here – Troy fell because of
Their deceit
What happens in
Canto 27?
Canto 27: Circle 8 Bolgia 8 some more…Evil Counselors…again???
Here’s a bad guy: it’s Guido da Montefeltro, whom Pope Boniface VIII
persuaded to sin to help him gain control of more land – Boniface
promised Guido complete absolution of his sin of treachery, but
Guido did NOT receive absolution for helping Boniface because you
cannot be forgiven for a sin before you commit it
Like the other is Bolgia 8, Guido da Montefeltro is punished in a wall
Of flame that departs long enough for him to talk to Dante
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Canto 28: Circle 8 Bolgia 9 The Sowers of Discord
Canto 28?
Since these guys during life tried to sow discord, or hack apart the
things God intended to be united, they are hacked apart throughout
all eternity with a big sword wielded by a scary demon
After they are hacked apart, they make a circuit around a pit, during
which time their bodies heal, only to be hacked up by the demon
again. Yuck.
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First Dante sees the great sower of Discord MAHOMET (Mohammed)
and his son Ali, who sowed a discord between Christianity and
Islam (by creating Islam in the first place).
What happens in
Canto 29?
Canto 29: Circle 8 Bolgia 10 The Falsifiers (Class I: Alchemists)
Falsifiers are punished by darkness, stench, thirst, filth, diseases, and
Noise. Yikes. The Alchemists are covered with scabs that itch as a
punishment.
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Canto 30?
Canto 30: Circle 8 Bolgia 10…still the Falsifiers
(Last 3 classes: Evil Impersonators, Counterfeiters, False Witnesses)
Myrrha = Evil Impersonator seduces her own dad
Potipher’s wife = False Witness gets Joseph thrown in jail
These guys also have terrible diseases that represent the scourge
their lies inflicted on all who knew them
What happens in
Canto 31?
Canto 31: Central Pit of Malebolge
The Giants
Here we have Giants Nimrod, Antaeus and others
Some are not here because of any offence they committed, but just
due to their bestial nature; other committed crimes, like tried to
build the Tower of Babel (Nimrod) to reach God, or tried to oust
the Greek/roman Gods
They guard the earth’s last depth
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Canto 32?
Canto 32: Circle 9: Cocytus: Compound Fraud
All of the remaining Cantos are in the 9th Circle, where the punishment
Is a frozen lake in which everyone is immersed to a certain degree
These people betrayed their closest bonds in life; hence, they are
submitted to frozen ice as their hearts were frozen in life
Round 1: Caina (Treacherous to Kin/Family)
Named for Cain, who killed his own brother out of jealousy
Round 2: Antenora (Treacherous to country)
Here Dante kicks the head of one frozen in the lake, Bocca
Degli Abbati, a traitorous Florentine, and so hated by Dante
What happens in
Canto 33?
Summary:
Canto 33: Circle 9
Round 2: Antenora The Treacherous to Country some more
Here Count Ugolino gnaws on the head of Ruggieri
Both committed treason – Ruggieri had Ugolino and his sons
jailed and starved – Ugolino survived by eating his dead sons, so
in death he eats Ruggieri !!!
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Round 3: Ptolomea The Treacherous to Guests and Hosts
Those in round 3 not only lay in the ice frozen, but their tears have
Frozen on their eyes so that they cannot see;
What happens in
Canto 34?
Canto 34: Circle 9
Round 4: Judecca The Treacherous to their Masters
(At the Center: SATAN!!!!!!! SCARY!!) also called LUCIFER
Satan has 3 heads (trying to imitate the 3 in one Godhead)
Here are the worst of the worst – Judas, who betrayed Christ
is in one of Satan’s mouths, headfirst, being chewed on
And Brutus and Cassius, who both betrayed their friend and
Leader Caesar, are both feet first in Satan’s other two mouths.
After witnessing this disgusting display, Dante and Virgil end their
3rd day in the Inferno by climbing up Satan’s legs, which stretch
through the earth to the Southern Hemisphere, and begin their
journey through Purgatory
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